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Can Russia change? : the USSR confronts global interdependence / / Walter C. Clemens, Jr



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Autore: Clemens Walter C. Visualizza persona
Titolo: Can Russia change? : the USSR confronts global interdependence / / Walter C. Clemens, Jr Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (403 p.)
Disciplina: 327.47
Soggetto topico: World politics - 1985-1995
Soggetto geografico: Soviet Union Foreign relations 1985-1991
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: "First published in 1990 by Unwin Hyman, Inc"--T.p. verso.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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 Issues
III. 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; Index
Sommario/riassunto: First 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 o
Titolo autorizzato: Can Russia change  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-203-12568-1
1-283-88493-3
1-136-45159-5
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910452522803321
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Serie: Routledge Revivals