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Soviet foreign policy : new dynamics, new themes

edited by Carl G. Jacobsen

Macmillan, in association with the Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security, 1989

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This book looks at the new themes and directions that have characterised Soviet foreign policy during the "first" Gorbachev era. Various aspects are studied in detail, such as the shift of attention away from relations with America as being their prime foreign policy concern.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Domestic foreign policy determinants - new realites, new perspectives: the domestic politics of foreign policy, Jerry Hough
  • Gorbachev's "New Thinking" about East-West relations - causes and consequences, Paul Marantz
  • domestic and economic aspects of Gorbachev's foreign policy, David R.Jones. Part 2 New arms control initiatives: doctrinal change - the Ogarkov revolution, the scissors phenomenon, "defensive defence", C.G.Jacobsen
  • Gorbachev's arms control offensive - unilateral, bilateral and multilateral initiatives - CT, INF, START, CB, "Zones", Roy Allison. Part 3 New economic initiatives: Gorbachev's foreign economic policy, Carl McMillan
  • the Soviet Union and GATT - gesture, metaphor or serious trade policy?, William Diebold. Part 4 New regional dynamics: the impact of Gorbachev's agenda on relations with other socialist states, Jacques Levesque
  • Sino-soviet normalization, C.G.Jacobsen
  • soviet policy towards the Iran-Iraq war, M.Mesbahi
  • arctic security - the Murmansk initiative and its impact, Ron Purver.

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