The Oudenaren, John van. creator author. International Security and Defense Policy Center Rand Corporation United States Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. text bibliography cau 1990 monographic eng

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xi, 69 pages ; 23 cm 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. John Van Oudenaren. "July 1990." "RAND National Defense Research Institute." Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. e-ur--- Shevardnadze, Ėduard Amvrosievich Soviet Union. Ministerstvo inostrannykh del. Arms control Soviet Union Soviet Union Foreign relations 1985-1991 Soviet Union Military policy DK289 .V38 1990 083301076X 91155007 http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3898/ http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3898/ CstmoR 920212 rnd000000000047746