Ideas and International Political Change

The peaceful end of the Cold War brought about an amazing transformation of international politics, and at the heart of the change was a struggle over new and old ideas, contends Jeffrey Checkel in this absorbing book. He explores political change in the late Soviet period and in post-Soviet Russia and offers fascinating theoretical insights into the effect of ideas on state behavior.

Preface: Capturing Complexity, Explaining Change

ix

(6)

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

xv

Part I Ideas and Foreign Policy

3

(28)

1 Ideas and Policy Change

3

(15)

2 Policymaking in an Authoritarian State

18

(13)

Part II From Detente to New Thinking and Beyond

31

(92)

3 Entrepreneurs Looking for a Window

31

(32)

4 Windows Opening?

63

(14)

5 Open Windows, New Ideas, and the End of the Cold War

77

(29)

6 A Post-Cold War Cold Peace? Ideas and Institutions in the New Russia

106

(17)

Part III Ideas, Institutions, and International Change

123

(10)

7 Ideas and Foreign Policy

123

(10)

Appendix: Schedule of Interviews

133

(2)

Notes

135

(50)

Index

185

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