After the Cold War: Essays on the Emerging World Order - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0292723407 ISBN 13: 9780292723405

Publisher: University of Texas Press, 1997

Synopsis

The end of the Cold War between the United States and the former Soviet Union reassured people around the world who had lived in fear of a nuclear confrontation between the superpowers. Yet the early euphoria over "peace dividends" and a "new world order" was premature. Conflicts within and between nation-states are springing up around the globe, challenging world leaders and ordinary citizens to find peaceful means for national, group, and individual self-determination.

In this book of specially commissioned essays, twenty world leaders assess the possibilities and perils of the new strategic, political, and economic interrelationships that are emerging around the world. They tackle such fundamental questions as: What is the future of the international system as we approach the twenty-first century? What will be the fate of disintegrating nation-states, and how will the international community respond? Has the nation-state outlived its usefulness? Are we beginning to witness the complete breakdown of the international system?

The contributors are:

• Ali Alatas (Indonesia)
• Tariq Aziz (Iraq)
• James A. Baker III (United States)
• Benazir Bhutto (Pakistan)
• Boutros Boutros-Ghali (United Nations)
• Fernando Henrique Cardoso (Brazil)
• Osama El-Baz (Egypt)
• Eduardo Frei (Chile)
• Alberto Fujimori (Peru)
• Rachid Ghannouchi (eminent Islamic thinker)
• Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (Russian Federation)
• Kamal Kharrazi (Iran)
• Andrei Kozyrev (Russian Federation)
• Leonid Kuchma (Ukraine)
• Nelson Mandela (South Africa)
• Nursultan Nazarbayev (Kazakhstan)
• Olusegun Obasanjo (Nigeria)
• Muammar El-Qadhafi (Libya)
• Fidel Ramos (Philippines)
• Shri P. V. Narasimha Rao (India)

About this title

About the Author

Keith Philip Lepor, of Boston, Massachusetts, is a global business and public policy advisor and consultant to international companies. He holds an M.Litt. in International Relations (Comparative East Asian Economic Development Strategies) from St. Antony’s College, Oxford University, and an M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies from the American University in Cairo.

Review

"This look at how many of the world's leaders view the developing 'world order' in the aftermath of the Cold War is both fascinating and disturbing. Those who believe that the 21st century may prove to be as unstable as the century we are about to leave will find much to support their pessimism. But they will find, as well, reason to hope that the wisest among us may be able to find a common path toward a more stable and productive future. One reality jumps from almost every page: without the active engagement of the United States in the decades ahead chaos is assured." (Lawrence S. Eagleburger)

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0292723407
• ISBN 13: 9780292723405
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 344
• Editor: Lepor Keith Philip