The Role of Small States in the Post-cold War Era
Shlapentokh, Dmitry / Institute, Strategic Studies / College, U. S. Army War
The United States is not the only global center as it was in the first years of post-Cold War era. Nor are there just two superpowers-the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics-that define the course of global events. The new multipolarity implies the presence of several centers of power that will provide the opportunity for small states such as Belorussia to move from one center of power to the other and/or engage in sort o...