Economic Leverage on the Soviet Union in the 1980s.

Abstract

This report presents a reevaluation of the use of leverage on Soviet behavior by means of the instruments of East-West economic relations. A conceptual framework is presented in Sections II and III, centering on the ideas of leverage and denial as policy tools and on the opportunities and constrains offered by Soviet economic dependence and vulnerabilities. Sections IV through VI analyze the actual use of the major export instruments--grain, credit, and gas pipeline technology--during the early 1980s. Section VII takes up the issue of consensus in the Western alliance as a condition of successful East-West trade policy. The author concludes that the only possibility for effective denial over the long term is to aim at selective impedance of the Soviet military effort.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA147547

Entities

People

  • A. S. Becker

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Arms Control
  • Cold War
  • Commerce
  • Economic Warfare
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • International Trade
  • Law
  • Money
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Treaties
  • United States

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  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies