Diplomatic History of Europe 1500 - 2000 | Post–Cold War to the Present (Lecture 36)

Lecture 36: This concluding lecture of our course covers the years from 1991 to the beginnings of the 21st century, including the expansion of NATO and the European Union, renewed violence in the Balkans, and Russia’s search for an international role. We end by considering key questions of tremendous import for the future of our world: What is the current trajectory of the European Union project and what challenges does it face? What dynamics now guide relations between Europe, the United States, and the world at large? Is Europe now entering a fundamentally new stage in its experience of statecraft, or do the historical dynamics of war, peace, and power still apply?

Essential Reading:
M. S. Anderson, The Rise of Modern Diplomacy 1450–1919, pp. 291–3.

Supplementary Reading:
Robert Kagan, Of Paradise and Power: America and Europe in the New World Order.