POLSCI 2I03 Chapter Notes -European Social Model, Barack Obama, World-Systems Theory
11 Nov 2013
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Barely been used before 1989, but not came to be employed more regularly to define an apparently new system of international relations where, according to one reading, markets would come to matter more than states. Boundaries, and frontiers rendered increasingly porous, by the sheer volume of cross-border activity. Emergence of a new unipolar" system usa. Events began to unfold: usa stunning victory over iraq & collapse of ussr in 1991. By the turn of the century, the usa had been transformed from a mere superpower, to a hyper power" (french minister, hubert vedrine) Us hegemony would last well into the 21st century because it enjoyed special advantage in nearly every sphere. Exercise of us power under conditions of unipolarity. The usa during the 1990s remained a superpower without a mission. Europe benefited as much from the cold war as the usa. Europeans were divided over a series of key issues, most notably the degree of.
