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050 0 0 _aD888.S65
_bF85 1986
100 1 _aFukuyama, Francis.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aMoscow's post-Brezhnev reassessment of the Third World /
_cFrancis Fukuyama.
264 1 _aSanta Monica, CA :
_bRAND,
_c1986.
300 _axi, 91 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"February 1986."
500 _a"This project ... is part of the International Security and Defense Policy Program"--Preface.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 87-91).
520 _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.
530 _aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
651 0 _aDeveloping countries
_xForeign relations
_zSoviet Union.
651 0 _aSoviet Union
_xForeign relations
_y1975-1985.
651 0 _aSoviet Union
_xForeign relations
_zDeveloping countries.
710 2 _aInternational Security and Defense Policy Center.
710 2 _aRand Corporation.
710 1 _aUnited States.
_bOffice of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.
856 4 1 _yOnline Access
_uhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3337/
999 _c598980
_d598980