Moscow, Seoul, and Soviet Strategy in the Asia-Pacific Region

Abstract

The revolution that followed the abortive and counterrevolutionary Soviet coup of August 1991 opened a new page in Russian History. The possibility of an overall democratic reconstruction of all aspects of state policy beckoned as a possible reality for the first time since 1917. An important sector of that state policy was and remains soviet or Russian policy towards the Asia-Pacific regions, the subject of this report. This report uses evolving Soviet policy in 1990-91 toward the Korean conflict as the fulcrum of a broader discussion of the struggle within Soviet politics between new and old thinking in regard to Asian policy. Focusing on Korean affairs but not exclusively so, this essay examines the rivalry between these two schools in the context of a policy whose evident strategic objective was to isolate Japan and reduce the American military presence, both conventional and nuclear, in that region.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 23, 1991
Accession Number
ADA246462

Entities

People

  • Stephen J. Blank

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Air Defense
  • Arms Control
  • Foreign Policy
  • Governments
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • North Korea
  • Political Systems
  • Recognition
  • Recreation
  • Revolutions
  • South Korea
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union