"Turbulence in the Post-Cold War Era"

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Introduction 7

Chapter I. Geopolitical determinants of the international order 171. Geopolitics and globalization 17

2. Characteristics of the transition from the Cold War to the post-Cold War order 24

3. How the international order is governed 29

Chapter II. Th e place of states in the international order 341. The relativization of the nation state 34

2. The threat of an imperialization of the world 40

3. The implications of the fall of states 43

4. The state from the global perspective 49

Chapter III. Status as an indicator of states’ positionsin the international hierarchy 591. Status as conceived sociologically 59

2. Status as conceived legally 61

3. The fight for status in international relations 63

4. Poland’s historically and geopolitically encumbered status 69

Chapter IV. Manifestations of revisionism and the defence of the status quo in international relations 751. Antecedents of revisionism and the status quo 75

2. Russia and China as sources of anti-Western revisionism 77

3. The dialectics of revisionism and the defence of the status quo 80

relations 871. Hegemony as an indicator of the post-Cold War order 87

2. Under the mark of American power 88

3. US hegemony contested 96

4. Towards ‘polygony’ – a multicentric polygon of powers 99

Chapter VI. Th e identity crisis of the Western alliance 1051. Reassessments in the Western world 105

2. The decline of the alliance 107

3. The need to restore common interests 113

Chapter VII. Redefi ning Russia as a superpowerin international relations 1191. Russia’s traditions as a great power 119

2. The search for a new identity 121

3. Determination to restore superpower status 125

4. Image-building 133

5. Pan-Russianism as a manifestation of imperial ideology 138

Chapter VIII. Perceptions of Russia in international relations 1441. Perception and international images 144

2. Lasting tendencies in perceptions of Russia 147

3. The discourse over Russia 152

4. How Russia is perceived in Poland 159

Chapter IX. A return to Realpolitik in Russian-Westernrelations as a result of the confl ict in Ukraine 1651. The background of Russia’s new confrontation with the West 165

2. The foundations of Russian Realpolitik 167

3. The risk of an escalation in the conflict 174

4. Poland vs Russian Realpolitik 176

Chapter X. Central European energy security in the American geopolitical game 1831. Energy interdependence in the modern world 183

2. The American energy game over Europe 186

3. The dialectics of American-Russian interdependence 190

Conclusion 198

Bibliography 208