Preface / S.M. Lynn-Jones
The long peace: elements of stability in the postwar international system / J.L. Gaddis
The essential irrelevance of nuclear weapons: stability in the postwar world / J. Mueller
The political effects of nuclear weapons: a comment / R. Jervis
Is war obsolete? a review essay / C. Kaysen
Averting anarchy in the new Europe / J. Snyder
Back to the future: instability in Europe after the Cold War / J.J. Mearsheimer
Primed for peace: Europe after the Cold War / S. Van Evera.