Europe and the Wider World

Europe and the Wider Worldexamines the concept of Europe within the context of the USA, the developing world and the former Soviet Union, drawing on the perspectives of international history, politics and economics. The "bi-polar world" that emerged in the aftermath of the Second World War has effectively ended, first with the collapse of Soviet control in Eastern Europe, and then by the break-up of the Soviet Union itself and a prospective reduction of American influence in Western Europe. Europe and the Wider Worldexplores what Europe will look like in an increasingly "multi-polar world." An answer to this depends not only on the evolving external connections between Europe and other parts of the world, but also on the internal development of European political and economic integration. This volume examines the dynamic of this crucial dual relationship.