02969cam a2200433 i 4500001001900000003000500019008004100024010001600065020001500081027002100096035002000117037001100137040001900148043002100167050002300188100003200211245008000243264003700323300004300360336002600403337002600429337002800455338003600483338002700519500002100546500009800567504005200665520132000717530005802037588004702095651005902142651004802201651005902249710005402308710002202362710007302384856005902457999001902516rnd000000000047446RAND920212s1986    caua     b    000 0 eng d  a   86154881  a0833007122  aRAND/R-3337-USDP  a(Sirsi) a188576  c$25.00  aCstmoRcCstmoR  ad------ae-ur---00aD888.S65bF85 19861 aFukuyama, Francis.eauthor.10aMoscow's post-Brezhnev reassessment of the Third World /cFrancis Fukuyama. 1aSanta Monica, CA :bRAND,c1986.  axi, 91 pages :billustrations ;c23 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  a"February 1986."  a"This project ... is part of the International Security and Defense Policy Program"--Preface.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 87-91).  aThis 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.  aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.  aDescription based on print version record. 0aDeveloping countriesxForeign relationszSoviet Union. 0aSoviet UnionxForeign relationsy1975-1985. 0aSoviet UnionxForeign relationszDeveloping countries.2 aInternational Security and Defense Policy Center.2 aRand Corporation.1 aUnited States.bOffice of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.41yOnline Accessuhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3337/  c598980d598980