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The False Promise of International Institutions

By Mearsheimer John J.

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Политические дисциплины;Политика национальной безо

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The MIT Press. Source: International Security, Vol. 19, No. 3 (Winter, 1994-1995), pp. 5-49 Since the Cold War ended, Western policymakers have sought to create security arrangements in Europe, as well as in other regions of the globe, that are based on international institutions. In doing so, they explicitly reject balance-of-power politics as an organizing concept for the post-Cold War world.Before taking office, Anthony Lake, the president's national security adviser, criticized the Bush administration for viewing the world through a "classic balance of power prism," whereas he and Mr. Clinton took a "more 'neo- Wilsonian' view."' This approach to international politics rests on the belief that institutions are a key means of promoting world peace.2 In particular, Western policymakers claim that the institutions that "served the West well" before the Soviet Union collapsed must be reshaped to encompass Eastern Europe as well.3 "There is no reason," according to Secretary of State Warren Christopher, "why our institutions or our aspirations should stop at old frontiers of the Cold War.

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