The Rise—or Fall?—of Multilateralism: America’s New Foreign Policy and What It Means for Europe

The paradoxical impact of the end of the Cold War is that it simultaneously vindicated American purpose and past policies, yet forced a rethinking of the assumptions that guided US foreign policy for nearly half a century. While liberating the United States from its overriding concern with the Soviet threat, the end of the Cold War has also compelled Americans once again to confront core issues concerning the definitions of their national interests and their role in the world. The result has been an expanding debate over American national security strategy in the post-Cold War world. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.