Given the uncertainties of the contemporary global political environment, the relationship between the two most powerful military forces on earththe United States and Russiawill likely determine the political shape of the world for years to come. Within this context, the question that must be answered concerns the degree of collaboration and conflict that may be anticipated between the United States and Russia, for the higher the level of collaboration, the lower the level of conflict, and the greater the probability of international political stability. Thus, the research question that was investigated in this study was as follows: Is there evidence of lasting and increasing collaboration between the United States and Russia in the post Cold War period? The hypothesis tested through the conduct of this study was as follows: A state of lasting and increasing collaboration by the United States and Russia in the pursuit of international political st

Blacker, Coit D., and Duffy, Gloria. International Arms Control, 3rd ed. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1990.

Expectations in the 1920s and 1930s were the manifestation of confidence levels on the part of economic participants. The market crash of 1929, and subsequent ineffectual responses by the Hoover Administration crippled confidence, and led to extreme negativism in expectations for the economy. Negative expectations did not cause The Great Depression. Negative expectations, however, did play a major role in the determination of both the length and the severity of that economic downturn.

Taylor, T. (Ed.). Approaches and Theory in International Relations, 4th ed. London: Macmillan Publishers, 1990.