POST COLD WAR: Main Points Flashcards
NATO (5)
• Article 5 and territorial defence shift to the background
• Main concerns:
Conflicts that are “close” -> that is: Europe.
- Stabilization of conflicts outside of NATO (not in NATO member countries)
- A special concern: Kosovo 1999
- NATO Enlargement
Arms Race (3)
• US – Russia nuclear arms control
strategic nuclear weapons (START process)
tactical (non-strategic) nuclear weapons
cooperative threat reduction
• Multilateral arms control
conventional forces in Europe (CFE)
nuclear non-proliferation (see lecture on the evolving security landscape)
1990s golden age for arms control.
• START Treaties:
- START I expired in December 2009;
- START II treaty, never entered into force;
- START III treaty, for which negotiations were neve
India-Pakistan (3)
• Territorial and borders dispute
→ Main issue: Kashmir.
- Difficult bilateral relations.
- Involvement of US and China.
Middle East (3)
- Sectarian strife: Sunni vs. Shia
- Kurdish movement(s)
- Religious radicalisation (ISIS, Al-Qaeda etc.)
ASEAN (1)
• The end of the Cold War allowed ASEAN countries to exercise greater political independence in the region. With the collapse of bipolar rivalries in Southeast Asia, the grouping was able to take advantage of the political vacuum and play a larger role in Southeast Asian affairs.
Russia (2)
- To become a part of the decision-making process
* Consolidation of Post-Soviet space
