Superpower rivalry and conflict : the long shadow of the Cold War on the twenty-first century / / edited by Chandra Chari

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910816983903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• ISBN: 1-135-22499-4; 1-135-22500-1; 1-282-97501-3; 9786612975011; 0-203-86533-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (278 p.)
• Collana: Routledge advances in international relations and global politics ; ; 81
• Altri autori (Persone): Chandra Chari
• Disciplina: 327; 909.83/1; 909.831
• Soggetti: Cold War - Influence; World politics - 21st century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Part I Superpower rivalry: An overview; 2 A historical overview of the Cold War; 3 Superpower rivalry and the victimization of Korea: The Korean War and the North Korean nuclear crisis; 4 Regional fallout: Vietnam; 5 Afghanistan: During the Cold War; 6 Pakistan and the Cold War; Part II Prospects for a multipolar world: Perspectives at the beginning of the twenty-first century; 7 Theorizing unipolarity; 8 Debating multilateralism: The role of emerging powers; 9 Europe, China, India and the multipolar world order10 Globalization revisited: Evolving Chinese discourses on the Open Door policy and integration with the world economy; 11 Recolonizing West Asia in the twenty-first century?; 12 Emerging international order and South Korea's survival strategy; Part III Thinking beyond borders and boundaries: Prospects for war and peace; 13 Conflict models: How relevant are they to Asia?; 14 Religion as a catalyst for conflict: The ; case of Islam; 15 The Antarctic experiment in utopia: Sovereignty, resources and sustainability; Part IV Looking ahead: Can history be prevented from repeating itself?16 Nuclear disarmament: Mirage or need of the hour?; 17 To err is statesmanlike, to learn folly; 18 Is history being repeated?; 19 Engaging the idea of global citizenship; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Variously described by historians and thinkers as the 'most terrible century in Western history', 'a century of massacres and wars' and the 'most violent century in human history', the 20th century - and in particular the period between the First World War and the collapse of the USSR - forms a coherent historical period which changed the entire face of human history within a few decades. This book examines the trajectory of the Cold War and the fallouts for the rest of the world to seek lessons for the 21st century to manage international relations today and avoid conflict. Written by exp