Publisher's Synopsis
The security dilemma is rapidly emerging as one of the most important and controversial issues in international relations theory. This book asks what the security dilemma is and whether it really exists, and then tests the theory against the historical evidence of the most important geopolitical event since 1945 - the end of the Cold War. Collins suggests that Gorbachev's recognition of the existence of a security dilemma lay at the heart of the measures that he took to end the Cold War, and concludes that despite the euphoria of the early 1990s, the dilemma is re-emerging.
