03522oam 2200649I 450 991045252280332120200520144314.00-203-12568-11-283-88493-31-136-45159-510.4324/9780203125687 (CKB)2550000000710262(EBL)1099114(OCoLC)823389197(SSID)ssj0000810574(PQKBManifestationID)11446167(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000810574(PQKBWorkID)10846317(PQKB)11611105(MiAaPQ)EBC1099114(Au-PeEL)EBL1099114(CaPaEBR)ebr10638919(CaONFJC)MIL419743(OCoLC)847598975(EXLCZ)99255000000071026220180706e20111990 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCan Russia change? the USSR confronts global interdependence /Walter C. Clemens, JrAbingdon, Oxon ;New York :Routledge,2011.1 online resource (403 p.)Routledge revivalsRoutledge revivals"First published in 1990 by Unwin Hyman, Inc"--T.p. verso.0-415-50826-6 0-415-50061-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Cover; Can Russia Change?; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I. Gorbachev's Inheritance: Burdens of the Past; 1. The Need for Change: What Has the Kremlin Achieved in Foreign Policy since 1917?; 2. Models for Change: Alternative Approaches, 1917-85; II. Pressures for Change, 1917-85; 3. Driving Forces in the Soviet Crucible: ArmsControl Imperatives; 4. Arms Control Imperatives in the Global Arena; 5. The Third Rome Confronts the Club of Rome: ""Globalistika""; 6. ""Life Itself"" versus the Party Line on Global IssuesIII. Gorbachev's New Thinking: Security with Interdependence7. A Revolution in Soviet Ideology: Speaking the Unthinkable; 8. Actions Louder than Words? Doing the Unthinkable; 9. What Makes Arms Accords Possible? Necessary and Helpful Conditions; 10. Can the Kremlin Be Trusted? Can Washington?; IV. Creating the Future; 11. Alternative Futures: Détente, Confrontation, Transformation?; 12. Managing Soviet-U.S. Relations: Challenges and Choices; Glossary; About the Author; IndexFirst published in 1990, this ground-breaking book sought to determine whether contemporary Russia had the capacity to change and if, in so doing, it could alter the complex web of East-West relations from a zero-sum struggle to a state of peaceful competition and mutual security. In order to answer this question, the author compares advances and setbacks in arms control and security affairs with co-operation on less politically salient issues such as environmental degradation. He finds that in the nearly seventy years preceding Mikhail Gorbachev's rise to power, the Kremlin relied oRoutledge RevivalsWorld politics1985-1995Soviet UnionForeign relations1985-1991Electronic books.World politics327.47Clemens Walter C.907837MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452522803321Can Russia change2030707UNINA