This book examines the concept of Europe in its relations to those areas of the globe beyond its borders. In particular, it is concerned with the historical evolution and contemporary setting of Europe vis-a-vis the United States of America, the Developing world and the former Soviet Union. This involves drawing on the perspectives of international history, politics and economics. A unifying feature of the analysis included here is provided by the fact that the bi-polar world that emerged in the aftermath of the Second World War has effectively been brought to an end with the collapse first...