Power Shifts and Institutional Change

Topic: Power Shifts and Institutional Change Order Description Based on the 3 readings answer these questions. How did Realists account for the end of the Cold War and why did they fail to predict it? Can institutions persist in the face of dramatic shifts in the distribution of power between states? Was NATO expansion destined to create instability and grievance? Gaddis, JL, International Relations Theory and the End of the Cold War, International Security, Vol. 17, No. 3 (Winter, 1992-1993), pp. 5-58 Waltz, K. ‘NATO enlargement: a realist’s view’, Contemporary Security Policy 21(2) 2000, pp.23–38. Ikenberry, G. John and Lim, D.J. (2017). “China’s emerging institutional statecraft”. Brookings Institution Project on International Order and Strategy, April 2017. PAGES 1-9