Unsupported. We see here that the author is afraid that the current multipolar system in Europe might threaten stability. She isn’t afraid that European geopolitics might bring about a bipolar system; she thinks that the Cold War actually improved stability.

Unsupported. The traditional view might be surprised that the Cold War didn’t end in a major war, since this view claims that bipolar systems create conflict and instability. But the author argues that the Cold War improved stability; we have no reason to believe that she’s surprised it didn’t end in a major war.

Supported. In P4, the author uses the Cold War as an example of a bipolar system that maintained peace. This supports her main point that the traditional view of multipolar and bipolar systems should be reconsidered.

Unsupported. The author doesn’t discuss the attitude of European countries toward the Cold War. We don’t know if they were ambivalent about it or if the author finds this regretful. She just uses the Cold War as an example of a bipolar system that improved stability.

Unsupported. The author is concerned about the current multipolar system in Europe. But she never says that the Cold War was only a brief hiatus between long periods of multipolarity. Instead, she uses the Cold War as an example of a bipolar system that improved stability.