POLI 244 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Geopolitics, Buzzword, Strange Ways

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 244
• Professor: Fernando Nunez- Mietz

Document Summary

Beyond the post cold war world by george friedman summer 2013. An era ended when the soviet union collapsed on dec. 31, 1991. The confrontation between the united states and the soviet union defined the cold war period. Both towered over the remnants of europe"s forces. The collapse of the european imperial system, the emergence of new states and a struggle between the soviets and americans for domination and influence also defined the confrontation. There were, of course, many other aspects and phases of the confrontation, but in the end, the cold war was a struggle built on europe"s decline. Many shifts in the international system accompanied the end of the cold war. In fact, 1991 was an extraordinary and defining year. China after tiananmen square inherited japan"s place as a rapidly growing, export-based economy, one defined by the continued pre-eminence of the chinese. The maastricht treaty was formulated, creating the structure of the subsequent european union.