Present and future challenges in the new post-Westphalia order Cover Image

Provocări actuale și viitoare în noua ordine post-westphalică
Present and future challenges in the new post-Westphalia order

Author(s): Olesea Ţăranu
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Fundaţia »Societatea Civilă« (FSC)
Keywords: End of the Cold War; new world order; USA; China; Russia; threats

Summary/Abstract: The present article represents an exercise that aims to outline the main features of post-Westphalia international order, in terms of polarity of power, in an attempt to identify possible challenges regarding the stability of international system. In this respect, a special attention has been given to U.S.A position, the current world leader, and to those two actors commonly referred to when looking for the main opponents of American leadership - China and Russia. The last part identifies the main sources of insecurity that are affecting and will continue to affect the stability of the international system.

  • Issue Year: XX/2012
  • Issue No: 170
  • Page Range: 187-195
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Romanian