Entries in Cold War (6)

Monday
Jan182010

Reagan, Gorbachev and the Emergence of 'New Political Thinking' 

by Robert G. Patman, published in Michael Cox (ed.) Twentieth Century International Relations (four volumes), London, Thousand Oaks (California) and New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2006, pp. 262-289. 

Monday
Jan182010

Globalization, the End of the Cold War, and the Doctrine of National Security

by Robert G. Patman, published in Robert G. Patman (ed) Globalization and Conflict: National Security in a 'New' Strategic Era, London and New York: Routledge, 2006, pp. 3-30.

Thursday
Dec312009

Some Reflections on Archie Brown and the End of the Cold War

In many ways, Archie Brown’s ‘Perestroika and the End of the Cold War’ article represents a significant landmark in the long running scholarly debate over the demise of the Cold War.

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Sunday
Mar152009

Out of Sync: Bush's Expanded National Security State and the War on Terror

The US national security state was fashioned at the beginning of the Cold War to contain the global threat of the rival superpower, the Soviet Union. However, this security framework did not wither away with the end of the Cold War and the disintegration of the USSR. The events of September 11 starkly exposed the limitations of a state-centric approach to international security in a globalizing world.

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Sunday
Jun152008

US Foreign Policy in Africa

published in Michael Cox and Douglas Stokes (eds) US Foreign Policy, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2008, pp. 315-332.