Can NATO Survive Perestroika?

Abstract

This document analyzes the Soviet Union's economic program perestroika and its effects on the military alliance of the North Atlantic Treaty. The treatise questions the interpretation of perestroika as merely economic reform. The central issues addressed: is this purely an economic restructuring; does perestroika also enhance political venzapnost (surprise) and economic maskirovka (deception) in support of historical Soviet-national goals; and finally what is the potential impact of perestroika on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. This thesis concludes with the assessment that perestroika is at its foundation an economic program. However, it also argues that Soviet political ambitions and strategies have not been abandoned but that the Soviets have adapted the means for achieving their ends through a required economic recovery plan. The research concludes with the theory that perestroika shifts Soviet aggression in Europe to a new plane--economic warfare.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 18, 1989
Accession Number
ADA212508

Entities

People

  • Willis L. Hintz

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

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  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
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  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Agreements
  • Arms Control
  • Eastern Europe
  • Economic Warfare
  • Foreign Relations
  • Geography
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Science
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Political Ideologies
  • Political Systems
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Warfare
  • Western Europe

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