02363cam a2200445 i 4500 rnd000000000047746 RAND 920212s1990 cau b 000 0 eng d 91155007 083301076X RAND/R-3898-USDP (Sirsi) a188966 $25.00 CstmoR CstmoR e-ur--- DK289 .V38 1990 Oudenaren, John van. author. The role of Shevardnadze and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the making of Soviet defense and arms control policy / John Van Oudenaren. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 1990. xi, 69 pages ; 23 cm text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia unmediated n rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier volume nc rdacarrier "July 1990." "RAND National Defense Research Institute." Includes bibliographical references. This report analyzes the influence of Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on the formulation and implementation of Soviet national security policy. It discusses how Shevardnadze, an adviser close to President Gorbachev and a member of the Defense Council, has evolved from a fairly traditional supporter of the Soviet defense establishment into one of its harshest critics. It discusses MFA-military differences in specific policy areas (e.g., doctrine and force reductions) and their implications for the military. The report thus examines both the new procedures by which the Soviet Union makes defense policy and the emerging substance of that policy. Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. Description based on print version record. Shevardnadze, Ėduard Amvrosievich. Soviet Union. Ministerstvo inostrannykh del. Arms control Soviet Union. Soviet Union Foreign relations 1985-1991. Soviet Union Military policy. International Security and Defense Policy Center. Rand Corporation. United States. Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. Online Access http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3898/ 599671 599671