ABSTRACT
The debate about the role of the U.S. in the international system after the end of the Cold War suggests general characteristics of U.S. foreign policy. Yet, a closer look at U.S. action – and inaction – since the 1990s demonstrates that such labels and analytical approaches rarely t speci c regional conditions and circumstances. Besides globalization, today’s international system is simultaneously shaped by processes of regionalization, particularly with regard to security.6
