The Soviet Union: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. A Colloquy of American Long-Timers in Moscow

Abstract

This Report constitutes a summary and full stenographic account of a colloquy by a group of Americans with long experience in the Soviet Union designed to provide in-depth perspective to the Center's study of Soviet perceptions for the Advanced Research Projects Agency. The report begins with overall views by the participants on the road already traversed by the USSR, with special emphasis on elements of continuity and of change. The discussion then concerns the determinants of Soviet behavior and the factors which make up Soviet totalitarian and expansionist impulses, and the drive for military superiority. It next covers more immediate questions particularly detente and Soviet attitudes toward foreign communist movements. After a look back at the beginning of the Soviet regime and US-USSR relations-especially by some of those personally involved--the report concludes with a look forward at future Soviet leaders and statements by all the participants on where the Soviet Union seems to be headed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA956452

Entities

Organizations

  • University of Miami

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil War
  • Communist Countries
  • Department Of State
  • Employment
  • Geography
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Labor Unions
  • National Politics
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Systems
  • Recreation
  • Sociopolitics
  • Students
  • Treaties
  • Ussr

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Theoretical Analysis.