AMERICA AND THE WORLD

I.   Introduction:  The Post Cold War World

A.  The "Good Old Days" and New Problems
B.  September 11, 2001
        1.  The Cultural/Moral Explanation
        2.  ...versus the Root Causes

II.  The End of the Cold War

A.  Was it Inevitable?
B.  Nixon's Détente 
        1.  Reducing Superpower Tensions
        2.  Détente's Failure
C.  Arms Race
        1.  Quantity vs. Quality
        2.  Public Fears
        3.  Reagan and SDI
D.  Winning the Cold War
        1.  Reagan's Plan All Along?
        2.  Mikhail Gorbachev's Role
        3.  Collapse of the Soviet Union

III.  Post Cold War World

A.  Other Problems Rise
        1.  National Disintegration and Ethnic Conflict
        2.  Humanitarian Crises
        3.  Environmental Problems
B.  Multilateralism vs. Unilateralism
        1.  Bush, Sr. and Clinton - Multilateralists
        2.  George W. Bush - Unilateralist

IV.  International Terrorism

A.  The Root Causes to 9-11
B.  U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East
        1.  U.S. Support for Israel
        2.  Eisenhower Doctrine and Iran
        3.  Blowback
                a.  Iran/Osama bin Laden
        4.  Continued U.S. Presence in Mid-East
        5.  Oil and U.S. Hegemony in the Mid-East
C.  Religious Fundamentalism
D.  Consequences

V.  Conclusion

A.  Further Challenges
B.  What needs to happen?