Europe: The Post-Modern State and World Order
Robert Cooper, a British diplomat based in Bonn, is perhaps the most insightful
geopolitical thinker of the present moment. Here we publish the first two
parts of a series on the postmodern state.
This article has been published in pamphlet form by Demos,
a think tank and publishing house in London. A copy may be obtained by
contacting Demos by phone at 011-44-171-353-4479 or by fax at 011-44-171-353-4481
or e-mail at demos.co.uk. Website: www.demos.co.uk.
Bonn - Nineteen eighty-nine marked a break in
European history. What happened in 1989 went beyond the vents of 1789,
1815, 1919. These dates, like 1989, stand for revolutions, the break-up
of empires and the re-ordering of spheres of influence. But these changes
took place within the established framework of the balance of power and
the sovereign independent state. Nineteen eighty-nine was different. In
addition to the dramatic changes of that year - the revolutions and the
re-ordering of alliances - it marked an underlying change in the European
state system itself.
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