Moscow "Centre"
Moscow "Centre"
Author(s): Ken JowittSubject(s): Political history, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism
Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd
Keywords: Soviet Union; Leninist regimes; international relations; inter-regime relations; post-Stalin period; Soviet foreign policy; Soviet elite; Moscow;
Summary/Abstract: Existing explanations of the Soviet Union's international relations with other Leninist regimes and the West are inadequate. They can be grouped into two categories: "monotheist" and "polytheist." "Monotheist" arguments rest on the claim that the Soviet Union's political character essentially differs from and opposes the West's. In this view the West is not at war with Soviet conduct "but with its existence; convinced that its existence and its hostility (are) the same." Such a view allows for variations in Soviet orientation while asserting essential continuity of Soviet organization and behavior. [...]
Journal: East European Politics and Societies
- Issue Year: 01/1987
- Issue No: 03
- Page Range: 296-348
- Page Count: 53
- Language: English
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