The role of small states in the post-Cold War era : the case of Belarus /

The United States is no longer the only global center of power as it was in the first years of post-Cold War era. Neither 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 pres...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Shlapentokh, Dmitry
Corporate Author:	Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2012]
Subjects:	Geopolitics. States, Small. Balance of power. Belarus > Politics and government. Belarus > Foreign relations.
Online Access:	https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo23682

Table of Contents:

The small player and the Cold War
Russian direction : from "union state" to conflict
Western direction : the first steps
Baltic response
Asian direction
The Iranian equation
China directions
Conclusion.