Soviet National Security Policy Under Perestroika

George E. Hudson

Part 1. Introduction 1. Conceptualizing Change in Soviet National Authority George E. Hudson Part 2. The Context of Change 2. Military Crisis and Social Change in Russian and Soviet History Steven Merritt Miner 3. The Soviet Debate over ‘New Thinking’ and the Restructuring of US-Soviet Relations Philip D. Stewart and Margaret G. Hermann 4. The Soviet Economy: Growth, Decay and Reform John E. Tedstrom Part 3. The Change Agents 5. Modernization and the Military-Civil Competition for Resources: Gorbachev’s Dilemma Hans Heymann, Jr. 6. Technology and Soviet National Security Richard W. Judy 7. Domestic Politics and Gorbachev’s Security Policy William J. Bishop 8. Institutional Change and Soviet National Security Policy Jan S. Adams Part 4. Change in the Elements of Soviet National Security 9. Gorbachev’s Concept of Reasonable Sufficiency in National Defence Mary C. FitzGerald 10. Changes in Soviet National Security Policy Toward Western Europe Under Gorbachev Robert W. Clawson 11. Changes in Soviet Security Policy Toward Eastern Europe and the Warsaw Pact Robin Alison Remington 12. Changing Soviet National Security Policy in Relations with the Third World Roger E. Kanet 13. Arms Control in Soviet National Security Policy Under Gorbachev Robert L. Arnett Part 5. Conclusions and Implications 14. Toward an Explanation of Change in Soviet National Security Policy and Implications for the United States George E. Hudson