Rethinking the 1990s: Liberal World Order-Building in the Aftermath of the Cold War

In the decade following the end of the Cold War, Western democracies stood victorious, brimming with optimism and grand designs. Today, the 1990s look less like a great triumph for liberal democracy and Western modernity than a decade in which post-Cold War excitement and anticipation obscured a slowly gathering global storm. At a time of intensifying geopolitical rivalry, economic nationalism, and ideological extremism,Rethinking the 1990sbrings together a group of leading political scient...