Military Objectives in Soviet Foreign Policy
Military Objectives in Soviet Foreign Policy

Author: Michael MccGwire

Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

Published: 2010-12-01

Total Pages: 556

ISBN-13: 9780815718482

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This study concentrates on the military roots of Soviet policy. It concentrates on how planning for the contingency of a world war shapes and distorts Soviet policy while producing a military posture and structure of forces that appear to the West as being far in excess of any legitimate defense needs. The focus is on the military-technical aspects of doctrine, which is the responsibility of the military to implement. The study does not dwell on the decisions that the Soviet political leaders would face in the course of a war except to note how the hierarchy of objectives would influence those decisions.

The New Russian Foreign Policy
The New Russian Foreign Policy

Author: Michael Mandelbaum

Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9780876092132

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This book surveys Russia's relations with the world since 1992 and assesses the future prospect for the foreign policy of Europe's largest country. Together these essays offer an authoritative summary and assessment of Russia's relations with its neighbors and with the rest of the world since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Perestroika and Soviet National Security
Perestroika and Soviet National Security

Author: Michael MccGwire

Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

Published: 1991-01

Total Pages: 481

ISBN-13: 9780815755531

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Describes the radical rethinking of Soviet national security, considers it in the context of worldwide foreign policy, and explains the implications for the United States

Soviet Foreign Policy Today
Soviet Foreign Policy Today

Author: Robert F. Miller

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2022-12-28

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 1000805751

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Soviet Foreign Policy Today (1991) is the culmination of almost 30 years of observations of Soviet foreign and domestic politics, written at the time of Gorbachev’s great changes. It locates the changes of Gorbachev in the context of the traditional goals and practices of Soviet foreign policy, and it does not shy away from presenting seemingly controversial interpretations of the USSR’s international politics.

Learning In U.s. And Soviet Foreign Policy
Learning In U.s. And Soviet Foreign Policy

Author: George Breslauer

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-03-07

Total Pages: 743

ISBN-13: 0429722672

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Are policymakers capable of learning about the complex international environment they must deal with when formulating foreign policy? Interest in the phenomenon of "learning" has been growing, driven in part by the advent of Gorbachev, and by prospects for ending the Cold War. In this book, leading scholars explore the theoretical and practical imp

Soviet Foreign Policy Towards East Germany
Soviet Foreign Policy Towards East Germany

Author: Achilleas Megas

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-07-01

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 3319200011

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This book examines Soviet Foreign Policy towards East Germany in the late 1980s. By focusing on the complex interaction between domestic political thought and developments in the international system, the author illustrates the hierarchical relationship between the GDR and the USSR and offers different perspectives for understanding Soviet foreign policy. The books demonstrates that shifts in Soviet policy towards the GDR stemmed, on the one hand, from the international level, in that Soviet security was legitimated by the existence of two full-fledged German states, and, on the other, may be best explained in terms of ideas and Gorbachev’s new political philosophy.​

Soviet Foreign Policy 1917-1991
Soviet Foreign Policy 1917-1991

Author: Jr. Fleron

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-05

Total Pages: 874

ISBN-13: 1351488597

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The purpose of this anthology is to deepen Western understanding of the sources and substance of the foreign policy of the Soviet Union. Authoritative analysts here explore significant issues in Soviet foreign relations from the era of the Bolshevik Revolution and the Civil War to the period of reform that preceded the final collapse of the Soviet system. The volume is designed for courses in Soviet political history, diplomatic history, comparative foreign policy, and the mainstream of international relations.