Soviet Foreign Policy in the Early Eighties.

Abstract

This memorandum examines the orgins of detente in the 1970's and the reasons for its collapse at the end of the decade. The author focuses on four crises which will dominate Soviet foreign policy in the early 1980's: the succession struggle; economic vulnerabilities; US-Soviet relations; and, polycentric trends in the Socialist camp. He concludes that Soviet tendencies toward expansion are to some extent balanced by factors working toward stability in East-West relations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA108083

Entities

People

  • Joseph L. Nogee

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Arms Control
  • Cold War
  • East West Relations
  • Eastern Europe
  • Economic Systems
  • Foreign Policy
  • Governments
  • Human Rights
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • National Security
  • Political Systems
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Ussr

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union