Realism and the end of the Cold War / The emerging structure of international politics / Back to the future : instability in Europe after the Cold War / The unipolar illusion : why new great powers will rise / Spoils of conquest / Alliance formation and the balance of world power / Bandwagoning for profit : bringing the revisionist state back in / Kant or Cant : the myth of the democratic peace / The false promise of international institutions / Realists as optimists : cooperation as self-help / Historical reality vs. neo-realist theory / Realism and domestic politics : a review essay / Institutions and cooperation : sanctions during the Falkland Islands conflict