Soviet Central Decisionmaking and Economic Growth: A Summing Up.

Abstract

This report summarizes important characteristics of Soviet economic decisionmaking, examines Soviet prospects for economic growth under Gorbachev, and draws some policy implications for the United States. The author suggests that military development pressure is the most reliable U.S. bargaining tool, but cautions that its validity depends on continuation of Soviet economic stringencies and a Soviet belief that the U.S. threat can be rendered manageable. Therefore, U.S. military pressure should be balanced by a readiness to define conditions of strategic parity and to reach workable agreements translating such criteria into reality. Keywords: USSR; Economics; Decision making; Government(Foreign); Foreign policy; Foreign technology.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA168834

Entities

People

  • Abraham S. Becker

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Air Force
  • Birds
  • Business Administration
  • Economic Development
  • Economic Systems
  • Economics
  • Foreign Policy
  • Governments
  • International Relations
  • Investments
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Security
  • United States
  • Ussr

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Systems Analysis and Design