ABSTRACT
It was an extraordinary period of testing, but statesmen do not have the right to ask to serve only in simple times.
-Henry Kissinger, Years o f Upheaval, 1982.
A. The Theory of Institutionalism Reconsidered
The application of institutionalist theory required that EPC be viewed as an international regime. Thus, in the book’s concluding section, this argument and its ramifications will be evaluated, and a more comprehensive account of the regime EPC presented. However, this discussion will be preceded by an examina tion of the theoretical consequences for institutionalism, emanating from the empirical research that was undertaken.
