: Holsti uses history to explain modern phenomena, such as comparing the breakdown of the bipolar Cold War system to shifts in Ancient Greece. Global Geographic Context
International politics : a framework for analysis - Internet Archive 12-Dec-2019 — : Holsti uses history to explain modern phenomena,
Holsti came of age during the Cold War—a bipolar struggle defined by nuclear brinkmanship, proxy wars, and ideological rigidity. He saw that the dominant theories of the 1950s and 60s (primarily Classical Realism as articulated by Hans Morgenthau) were failing to explain new phenomena: the rise of non-state actors, the explosion of newly independent states, and the growing complexity of international trade. the explosion of newly independent states