25: A New World Order?: George H. W. Bush Law, Diplomacy, & Power

The purpose of our twenty-fifth class is to examine the transition from the Cold War to the post-Cold War eras and then examine some key aspects of early post-Cold War American foreign policy. What was meant by the phrase ‘a new world order”? What role did U.S. officials play in the demise of the Soviet Union, and how did circumstances after the end of the Cold War re-orient U.S. foreign policy?  What was the importance of George H. W. Bush as an American foreign policymaker? What, in particular, is he remembered for? Did he have foreign policy triumphs? Flaws?