William Hale is Reader in Politics at the School of Oriental and Africa Studies, London University.Eberhard Kienle is Lecturer in Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies and a fellow of CEDEJ, Cairo.

• IntroductionWilliam Hall and Eberhard KienlePart 1: Global Changes, Peace and Regional Conflict1. The Third World and the End of the Cold War: an Interim AssessmentFred Halliday2. The Sudanese Civil War in International RelationsCharles Tripp3. Central Asia and Transcaucasia after the Cold War: Conflict UnleashedGraham E. Fuller4. International Relations in Africa After the Cold WarChristopher Clapham5. Prospects for Asian Security in the Cold WarDavid Shambaugh6. Thinking Globally from a Regional Perspective: Chinese, Indonesian and Malaysian Reflections on the Post-Cold War EraRosemary FootPart II: Democratisation and the Fate of Leftist Movements7. International versus Domestic Pressures for Democratisation in AfricaMichael Bratton8. Authoritarianism Liberalised: Syria and the Arab East After the Cold WarEberhard Kienle9. 'Good Governance' and the Ideology of TransformationDavid Williams10. Indian Communism: Re-defining Identity and the Struggle for DemocracyHarihar Bhattacharyya11. The African Left after the Cold WarChristopher Clapham