A distinct and distinctive period in the history of American foreign policy, one spanning the two decades following the conclusion of the Cold War, has come to an end. A new era has begun. The international conditions in which the American government must conduct its relations with other countries, and that will therefore shape its foreign policy, have changed. The United States finds itself in a new world, which raises three questions: How was the post-Cold War era distinctive? How and why did it end? And what is the new agenda for the foreign policy of the United States?The Post-Cold …read more
Source: The American Interest
