Andrew C. Kuchins

Andrew S. Erickson is Assistant Professor at the China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI), Strategic Research Department, US Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island.

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The End of the End of History

On December 25 of this year we will mark 25 years since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Many in Russia and the West were optimistic about the seeming imminent integration of Russia into a Western-led liberal democratic global order. The United States, in particular, fresh off its ‘victory’ in the Cold War, could hardly restrain its triumphalism as it stood astride the world as the sole superpower.