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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clemens, Walter C., author.

Series:

Routledge Revivals

Routledge revivals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World politics--1985-1995.

World politics.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--1985-1991.

Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (403 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

"First published in 1990 by Unwin Hyman, Inc"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-45158-7

0-203-12568-1

1-283-88493-3

1-136-45159-5

9780203125687

OCLC:

823389197