Zaki Laidi Professor of International Relations,Institute of Political Science, Paris and also at Johns Hopkins University, Bologna Translated from the French by Helen McPhail

'... provides the most interesting and up-to-date study of recent changes to the world order. It is likely to remain an important reference source for years to come.'Le Figaro'The book is likely to be valuable to those who are interested in acquiring a general picture of the post-Cold War international system and its particular regions.'Millenium

• Introduction - imagining the post-Cold War era, Z. Laidi; power and purpose in the international system, Z. Laidi; the purpose of German power, A. Le Gloannec; Japan and the quest for legitimacy, J. Bouissou; the Middle East after Cold War and Gulf War, E. Picard; the evolution of the international trade regime - a three-bloc trading system?, H. Milner; the loosening of China, J. Domenach; the Far East - the meaning of prosperity, J. Margolin; the inter-American system after the Cold War, G. Couffignal; Africa - adjustment and conditionality, F. Constantin.

Zaki Laidi Professor of International Relations,Institute of Political Science, Paris and also at Johns Hopkins University, Bologna Translated from the French by Helen McPhail

'... provides the most interesting and up-to-date study of recent changes to the world order. It is likely to remain an important reference source for years to come.'Le Figaro'The book is likely to be valuable to those who are interested in acquiring a general picture of the post-Cold War international system and its particular regions.'Millenium

• Introduction - imagining the post-Cold War era, Z. Laidi; power and purpose in the international system, Z. Laidi; the purpose of German power, A. Le Gloannec; Japan and the quest for legitimacy, J. Bouissou; the Middle East after Cold War and Gulf War, E. Picard; the evolution of the international trade regime - a three-bloc trading system?, H. Milner; the loosening of China, J. Domenach; the Far East - the meaning of prosperity, J. Margolin; the inter-American system after the Cold War, G. Couffignal; Africa - adjustment and conditionality, F. Constantin.