Processes of concentration of power that have shaped the Great Powers of the two superpowers of the 20th century. The collapse of the USSR and the new shape of great power politics. Economic, political and military factors in the making of great power status. The major agendas, assumptions and problems of the foreign policies of the United States, Russia and the EU Changing dynamics and interactions; international and external influences on policy; foreign policy decision- making; the economic, military or diplomatic dimensions of policy. Prospects for new great powers into the 21st century.
