Gorbachev's Agenda: Changes In Soviet Domestic And Foreign Policy

by Susan L. Clark

This comprehensive overview of the extensive changes Mikhail Gorbachev has wrought assesses the evolution in Soviet domestic and foreign policy over the past several years. In the domestic arena, Gorbachev faces the serious obstacles of public and bureaucratic apathy—even opposition—and inter-ethnic tensions that compound the difficulties of implementing his agenda. In the foreign policy arena, the new leadership has been shifting from a military to a political emphasis throughout the world as a reduced military profile is supplemented by a more effective public diplomacy style. With its comprehensive assessment of the range of issues from political and military reform to bilateral relations, this book is especially valuable because of the wide spectrum of interpretation presented by its international group of contributors.

422 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989