Arguably, the catalyst for the search for alternatives to the states systemic project was not a theoretical event but an actual one: the abrupt end of the Cold War. This dynamic and unforeseen process undermined the belief in system stability, its robustness, and not the least its predictability, as the collapse of the Soviet Union went largely unpredicted by IR theory. No matter how one attempted to rationalize that event in terms of states, power, and system constraints, a key element seemed missing: ideas. A new wave of theorizing, generally called constructivism, attempted to show that ideational factors could alter perceptions of power and system structure. As one influential article phrased it, ''Anarchy is What States Make of It". Yet, oddly, much of this challenge came from scholars who still clung to the primacy of states as actors-scholars that were arguably still within the states systemic project. The theoretical mix simply changed to: states, power, system structure, and ideas.