Abstract
This paper discusses two of the most commonly used contemporary theories international relations, specifically with regard to the end of the Cold War. In light of the recent demise of the Soviet Union and the subsequent withdrawal of Soviet forces from Central Europe, the debate between neoliberal institutionalism and neorealism has taken on a new relevance. Neorealism and Neoliberalism concentrates on issues of conflict and cooperation with their implications for post-Cold War international relations.

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"International relations is a branch of political science that deals with the foreign policy of countries within the international system. In political science, there are various approaches to international relations such as institutionalism, constructivism, and Marxism. In the 21st century, the most influential and predominantly used approaches to international relations are Neorealism and Neoliberalism. Neorealism claims that institutions in the international community only play a minor role in shaping international politics and that co-operation between nation states is impossible in anarchy (Powell 1994)."

Tags:neoliberalism, neorealism, coldwar

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This essay examines the policy of containment of communism its context and evolution during the Truman administration in the late 1940s, as well as policy alternatives that were presented to this strategic doctrine both inside and outside the US administration. The paper argues that the eventual form of the Truman containment policy owes as much, if not more, to the complex political struggles within the United States as to any grand strategy of international relations or to the actual actions or policies of the Soviet Union.

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"The Policy of Containment 1946-1949: Its Context, Evolution and Policy Alternatives Both Within and Outside the Truman Administration Introduction In the wake of the Second World War a new form of warfare made its appearance in global international relations: Cold War. While there exists wide disagreement among scholars regarding the ultimate origins of the Cold War, the so-called "Truman doctrine" of containment represented a critical contribution to the elevation of hostilities between the one-time Second World War allies, the Soviet Union and the United States."

Tags:coldwar, containment, truman

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This paper makes use of Robert Cox's view of theory serving different audiences to explain Cold War ideology, and realist/neo-liberal views of the Cold War that have prevailed. Binary thinking continues despite the fall of communism, and is seen again in discussion of China, and more, in approaches to Muslim fundamentalist movements employing political violence. Events explained in one view in this paper and then the other, shows Cox's model to be correct. All phenomena addressed theoretically will produce views that suit one agenda and population, or another.

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"All theory points to the benefit of someone, and a purpose, as expressed in Robert Cox's work. (2000) Cox's view of the Cold War is interesting for his emphasis on how ideas tend to be repeated in public or official debate, and on how very different analyses of the same event can be produced. Since 1989, and the dissolution of Soviet Europe, people have no longer been caught up in the ideological and strategic war between communist and capitalist camps."

Tags:coldwar, analyses, retention

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The Cold War refers to the rivalry and mutual antagonism that developed after the Second World between the Soviet Union and the USA, and their allies. It was expressed politically and economically, and although it was by definition not open warfare, it was accompanied by a buildup of arms and militarization in many states. This paper examines these structures in East Asia.

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"The Cold War refers to the rivalry and mutual antagonism that developed after the Second World between the Soviet Union and the USA, and their allies. It was expressed politically and economically, and although it was by definition not open warfare, it was accompanied by a buildup of arms and militarization in many states. In East Asia, the Cold War followed the Communist vs. Non Communist pattern set by the rest of the world. However, it had some peculiar structures all of its own, due to events specific to East Asia."

Tags:asia, east, coldwar

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This paper explains that the collapse of the former Soviet Union was the most significant event of the last half of the twentieth century. The author points out that economic weakness, domestic policy and foreign policy all conspired to bring about the ruin of the USSR. The paper relates that, ironically, as secretary of the Communist Party, the decisions of Mikhail Gorbachev, the man most intent on salvaging the empire, were arguably most responsible for expediting the USSR's collapse.

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"The collapse of the former Soviet Union was the most significant event of the last half of the twentieth century. This paper explores the economic factors, the domestic policy decisions - chiefly the glasnost and/or perestroika championed by Mikhail Gorbachev - and, not least of all, the foreign policy decisions that led to the devolution of the World's second most powerful polity. While certain factors were more important than others, there can be little doubt that the destruction of the USSR occurred because of a confluence of factors that, operating in a complex unison with one another, brought down an empire holding sway over more than a quarter billion people."

Tags:gorbachev, glasnost, coldwar

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This paper explains that North Atlantic Treaty Organization NATO is an alliance of the United States, Canada and a number of West European states that came into being in the wake of the Second World War.
The author points out that, with the i primary objective is to defend Western Europe from the perceived threat of the Soviet Union, NATO is the most powerful and arguably the most effective military alliance in history. The paper relates that, dominated by the superpower of the United States, the NATO alliance won the Cold War to the extent that it is expanding by incorporating former adversary states from the Soviet dominated and now defunct Warsaw Pact.

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"The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), an alliance of the United States, Canada, and a number of West European states that came into being in the wake of the Second World War with its primary objective being to defend Western Europe from the perceived threat of the Soviet Union, is the most powerful - and arguably the most effective - military alliance in history. Dominated by the superpower of the United States, the NATO alliance "won" the Cold War to the extent that it has begun expanding by incorporating former adversary states from the Soviet-dominated and now defunct Warsaw Pact."

Tags:nato, coldwar, unitedstates