Soviet Foreign Policy

Part 1 Domestic foreign policy determinants - new realites, new perspectives: the domestic politics of foreign policy, Jerry Hough; Gorbachev's "New Thinking" about East-West relations - causes and consequences, Paul Marantz; domestic and economic aspects of Gorbachev's foreign policy, David R.Jones. Part 2 New arms control initiatives: doctrinal change - the Ogarkov revolution, the scissors phenomenon, "defensive defence", C.G.Jacobsen; Gorbachev's arms control offensive - unilateral, bilateral and multilateral initiatives - CT, INF, START, CB, "Zones", Roy Allison. Part 3 New economic initiatives: Gorbachev's foreign economic policy, Carl McMillan; the Soviet Union and GATT - gesture, metaphor or serious trade policy?, William Diebold. Part 4 New regional dynamics: the impact of Gorbachev's agenda on relations with other socialist states, Jacques Levesque; Sino-soviet normalization, C.G.Jacobsen; soviet policy towards the Iran-Iraq war, M.Mesbahi; arctic security - the Murmansk initiative and its impact, Ron Purver.