J. Kelly Robison

American Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War World

  1. Downfall of the Soviet Union
    1. Mikhail Gorbachev
      1. Glasnost
      2. Perestroika
    2. Breakup of the Soviet Bloc
      1. Development of Democracy Movements
      2. The Soviet Union Disintegrates
    3. The End of the Cold War [?]
  2. New International Problems
    1. Continuing Nuclear Threat
      1. The Former Soviet Republics
      2. Nuclear Containment
    2. Resurgence of Nationalism
      1. Bosnia-Herzegovina
      2. Chechnya
    3. Perennial Trouble-Spot: the Middle East
      1. Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait
        1. Desert Storm
      2. The Problem of Israel
  3. The Crisis of American Leadership

Important Terms

Mikhail Gorbachov Perestroika Glasnost German Reunification
European Nationalism Yugoslavia Bosnia-Herzegovina Saddam Hussein
Operation Desert Storm Yassir Arafat

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