Research Catalog

Title

Moscow's post-Brezhnev reassessment of the Third World / Francis Fukuyama ; prepared for the Office of Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.

Author

Fukuyama, Francis.

Publication

Santa Monica, CA (P.O. Box 2138, Santa Monica 90406-2138) : Rand, [1986]

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Details

Additional Authors

• United States. Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.
• Rand Corporation.

Description

xi, 91 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Summary

"This report analyzes the reassessment of policy toward the Third World that has been taking place in high Soviet leadership circles since the end of the Brezhnev era. It is divided into two main parts: (1) a survey of the theoretical discussion that has been taking place in speeches by Soviet leaders, official statements, articles in journals specializing in Third World issues, and elsewhere; and (2) a comparison of what the Soviets have been saying about the Third World with their actual behavior over the same time period, and a discussion of the potential consequences of the current reassessment for future Soviet policy. The report identifies three primary themes running through recent Soviet discussions of the Third World, all of which imply the need for a retrenchment from the activist policies of the mid- to late 1970s: (1) the pressure of economic constraints and the need to attend to the Soviet Union's own economic development; (2) an awareness of the damaging effect of past Soviet Third World activities on U.S.-Soviet relations, and the fact that increased superpower tension inhibits Moscow's ability to support progressive forces in the Third World; and (3) a critique of the Marxist-Leninist vanguard party as a solution to the problem of securing long-term influence in the Third World."--Rand Abstracts.

Series Statement

Rand Corporation. [Rand report] ; R-3337-USDP

Uniform Title

R (Rand Corporation) ; R-3337-USDP.

Subject

• 1975-1985
• Diplomatic relations
• Developing countries > Foreign relations > Soviet Union
• Soviet Union > Foreign relations > Developing countries
• Soviet Union > Foreign relations > 1975-1985
• Developing countries
• Soviet Union
• Sowjetunion
• Entwicklungsländer

Note

• "Rand library collection"--Label on cover.
• "February 1986."
• "R-3337-USDP."

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 87-91.

ISBN

• 0833007122
• 9780833007124

LCCN

86154881

OCLC

• ocm13404706
• 13404706
• SCSB-1170562

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library