Cooperative Security is an examination of the ever-increasing roles of the United States, the Russian coalition, and the European Community in establishing new world order and monitoring the relations and boundaries of third world countries.

With the end of the Cold War, conflicts have erupted in regions which were formerly contained by the former, prevalent system of world order. A team of ten American and former Soviet experts embarked on a two year cooperative project to investigate methods of reducing conflicts in third world countries. In defining "cooperative security," the editors ascertain the patterns of conflict in specific regions, and conclude with security prospects for the future.

I. William Zartman is director of the African studies program at the School of Advanced International Relations, Johns Hopkins University. He is the author and editor of numerous books, including The Practical Negotiator, Mediation in Middle East Conflicts, and Ripe for Resolution: Conflict and Intervention in Africa.

Victor A. Kremenyuk is deputy director of the Institute for USA and Canada Studies, Academy of Sciences of
Russia, and a Doctor of Sciences, and has published widely in Russian and other languages.