After the Cold War: International Institutions and State Strategies in Europe, 1989–1991

In the fall of 1989 the world watched as the Berlin Wall came down. More than a dramatic symbol of the collapse of the Soviet bloc, the event marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War and the arrival of a whole new era in world politics. How the world powers, built upon foundations that were suddenly shifting, adapted to this new reality is the subject of After the Cold War. Bringing together the work of seasoned experts and younger scholars, this volume offers a wide-ranging analysis of the effects of historical patterns-whether interrupted or intact-on post–Cold War politics. The contributors show how state strategies among the major western powers were guided by existing international rules and expectations as these were institutionalized in organizations such as NATO, the European Community, and the International Monetary Fund. In the east, by contrast, those international institutions that had existed within the Soviet bloc were soon dissolved, so the business of determining state strategies and policies presented a new set of problems and took a very different tack. After the Cold War explores these continuities and discontinuities in five areas: trade, international public finance, foreign direct investment, environmental protection, and military security. Equally grounded in theory and extensive empirical research, this timely volume offers a remarkably lucid description and interpretation of our changing world order. In both its approach and its conclusions, it will serve as a model for the study and conduct of international relations in a new era.

Table of Contents:
Introduction: The End of the Cold War in Europe Robert O. Keohane and Joseph S. Nye I. Strategies of Major Powers 1. Mars or Minerva? A United Germany in a Post-Cold War Europe Jeffrey J. Anderson and John B. Goodman 2. Soviet Security Strategies toward Europe: After the Wall, with Their Backs up against It Celeste A. Wallander and Jane E. Prokop 3. The United States and International Institutions in Europe after the Cold War Joseph S. Nye and Robert O. Keohane 4. French Dilemmas and Strategies in the New Europe Stanley Hoffmann 5. British State Strategies after the Cold War Louise Richardson II. Adjustment and Adaptation in Eastern Europe 6. Integrating the Two Halves of Europe: Theories of Interests, Bargaining, and Institutions Stephan Haggard, Marc A. Levy, Andrew Moravcsik, and Kalypso Nicolaidis 7. East European Trade in the Aftermath of 1989: Did International Institutions Matter? Kalypso Nicolaidis 8. The Political Economy of Financial Assistance to Eastern Europe, 1989-1991 Stephan Haggard and Andrew Moravcsik 9. Foreign Direct Investment in Eastern Europe Debora L. Spar 10. East-West Environmental Politics after 1989: The Case of Air Pollution Marc A. Levy 11. Pursuing Military Security in Eastern Europe Richard Weitz Conclusion: Structure, Strategy, and Institutional Roles Robert O. Keohane and Stanley Hoffmann Notes Contributors Index

About the Author :
Robert O. Keohane is Professor of International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs, Princeton University. Joseph S. Nye, Jr., is Dean of the Faculty and Don K. Price Professor of Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Stanley Hoffmann (1928–2015) was Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser University Professor at Harvard University.