The Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and the Third World

The studies in this 1988 volume examine various aspects of Soviet and East European policy towards the Third World.

Roger E. Kanet (Edited by)

9780521344593, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 23 June 1988

254 pages, 2 b/w illus. 14 tables
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.54 kg

Soviet policy towards the countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America has undergone substantial expansion and change during the three decades since Khrushchev first initiated efforts to break out of the international isolation in which the USSR still found itself in the immediate post-Stalin years. Over the course of the past thrity years the Soviet Union has expanded significantly both the geographical range of its involvement with developing countries, and the intensity of its political, military and economic activities. Moreover the USSR has increasingly acted in consort with 'allies' such as Cuba and the countries of Eastern Europe. The studies in this volume, first published in 1988, examine various aspects of Soviet and East European policy towards the Third World.

List of figures
List of tables
Foreword R. C. Elwood
Preface Roger E. Kanet
Part I. The Third World In Soviet Foreign Policy: 1. The Soviet Union and the Third World from Khrushchev to Gorbachev: the place of the Third World in evolving Soviet global strategy Roger E. Kanet
2. Revolutionary change in the Third World: recent Soviet reassessments Elizabeth Kridl Valkenier
3. Anti-Soviet insurgencies: growing trend or passiing phase? Mark N. Katz
4. The Soviet Union and the New World information order Paul Roth
5. Soviet propaganda and the process of national liberation Roger E. Kanet
Part II. CMEA Economic Involvement in the Third World: 6. Soviet economic policy in the Third World Heintich Machowski and Siegfried Schultz
7. Eastern Europe and the Third World: economic interactions and policies Laure Després
8. The non-European members of the CMEA: a model for developing countries? Giovanni Graziani
Part III. The Soviet Union in the Middle East and South Asia: 9. Soviet policy towards Syria in the Andropov era Robert O. Freedman
10. Indo-Soviet security relations Jyotirmoy Banerjie
Index.

Subject Areas: International relations [JPS]