Table of Contents:
- The post-Cold War world and the clash of civilisations
- The Soviet war in Afghanistan
- The Gulf War, 1990-1991
- The wars in Yugoslavia : Bosnia and Kosovo
- The conflict in Chechnya
- 9/11 and the War on Terrorism
- Gulf War II : Iraq 2003
- Iran and nuclear proliferation
- Israel and the Palestinian question
- The Caucasus, Central Asia, and 'the coloured revolutions'
- America and Russia : democracy promotion


