Foreword On the Unpredictability of History Vaclav Havel Part I: The meanings and Legacies of 1989
1. Introduction: The World After 1989 and the Exhaustion of Three Cycles Jacques Rupnik
2. Writing 1989: A World Narrative Karoline Postel-Vinay
3. 1989: A Philosophy of Immediacy Zaki Laidi Part II: Re-inventing Democracy and its Discontents
4. Democracy and its Dissatisfaction Ivan Krastev 5. From the Revolutions of 1989 to Democracy Fatigue in Eastern Europe Jacques Rupnik 6. The Difficult New Era for International Democracy Support Thomas Carothers 7. Civil Society: from Myth to Reality Grzegorz Ekiert 8. ‘Tropical Democracy’? Transplantating of Pluralism into Africa Richard Banegas 9. Arab Spring and Middle Eastern Exceptionalism Dominique Moisi Part III: Varieties of Capitalism in the Age of Globalization
10. Institutional Change and Economic Transformation after Socialism Leszek Balcerowicz 11. The Political Economy of post 1989 Capitalism in East-Central Europe Claus Offe 12. 1989 and the Advent of an Authoritarian State Capitalism in China Jean-Francois Huchet Part IV: Between Global Governance and New Power Rivalries
13. American Visions of the World after 1989 John L. Harper 14. Russia and the Quest for Lost Power Marie Mendras
15. China and the End of Socialism in Europe: A Godsend for the Chinese Communists Jean-Philippe Beja
16. The UN and the Changing Meaning of an International Community Jean-Marie Guehenno
17. The Arab four seasons: When an excess of religion leads to political secularization Olivier Roy