Octobre 1917 : révolution dans les relations internationales. Les trois leviers de la politique étrangère soviétique

Abstract

October 1917 : a Revolution in International Relations, by Marc Ferro 1917 : Whereas Europe sinked into the depths of war, the czars' empire fell over into a new world, that of Marxism-Leninism. Relinquishing the role of spreading the révolution outside the USSR's borders, the Soviet leaders brought three major changes in international relations : a questioning -although rather limited - of traditional diplomacy, the use of national communist parties in the management of foreign affairs, and a true nationalities policy allowing the right to self-determination.