Introduction to International Relations - Introduction to International Relations - Perceptions of the Cold War

The Conclusion of my 2015 lecture on the Cold War in Intro to IR at Rutgers University. This lecture examines the final decade of the Cold War in the 1980s, the leadership of Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, and the ways in which the Cold War ended relatively peacefully. It also looks at the ways in which academics and policymakers assign "blame" for which country was responsible for the Cold War, and hypothesizes that Constructivism offers the best insight into how a bi-polar system with two nuclear powers were inevitably going to be hostile to each other. Lecture 09: The Cold War in International Relations Studies Part V: From Detente, to the End of the Cold War: 1980 - 1990 Dr. Michael Rossi Department of Political Science Rutgers University November 2, 2015 Chapter Markers: 00:44 - Enter Ronald Reagan 03:08 - Meet Mikhail Gorbachev 10:38 - Who is to Blame, for the Cold War? 17:05 - The Cold War from a Constructivist Perspective Music - John Williams, "The Mission Theme (Theme for NBC News)", An American Journey ℗ 2002 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT Released on: 2001-01-01 Associated Performer: Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles Producer: Ken Wannberg