The strategy of the Cold War superpowers, prospects after the collapse of the bipolar world order

Abstract

All actors of international politics seek purposefully to uphold their own interests consistent. Despite moral-sounding slogans, pragmatic political goals can be found behind all the efforts. In international order, competition is a natural state. Nowadays, the world is not a united global system, but also developing to a multi-polar arrangement. In the multi-polar world order, the rivalry of power is a part of international politics. Inspite of this, the function of world will not be the same as the operation of previously known forms. The role of nuclear weapons remained as a symbol of great power status, and the number of possesive states will grow. Role of present international organizations are likely weaken further. By 1989, NATO, in its present form and political structure, reached the function, for it actually was created and in its current form could not be compared with the idea of a united Europe. Within the frameworks of a millitary-political organisation, led by an external political power, there is not an independent millitary capacity and real independent policy doesn’t exist without own defensive capacities. A state or a group of states, which depends on an another power, has a secondary importance.
states, which depends on an another power, has a secondary importance.