Abstract:
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States emerged as a superpower, heading the capitalist world. The US was hegemonic, in the Gramscian sense, since it relies in its decision making not only on violence but on consent as well.With the disappearance of the US principal rival, the USSR, it was difficult for the US to define a strategy that would secure its interests, and present an argument for its actions in the international arena. U.S objective was to be fulfilled in the post-Cold War through the policy of Enlargement that was based on further integrating the economies of Eastern Europe. The Yugoslav case serves as an example to highlight the importance of Eastern and Central Europe in US national security, by securing the energy resources of the Caspian region and their transport to the European markets.
