Soviet National Security Policy Research Articles

The Soviet-East German military alliance and Soviet national security policy under perestroika

The Soviet-East German military alliance and Soviet national security policy under perestroika

The role of the CPSU international department in soviet foreign relations and national security policy

The role of the CPSU international department in soviet foreign relations and national security policy

Perestroikain decision‐making in soviet national security policy

<i>Perestroika</i>in decision‐making in soviet national security policy

Soviet National Security Policy under Perestroika

Conceptualizing change in Soviet national security, George E.Hudson military crisis and social change in Russian and Soviet history, Steven Merritt Miner the Soviet debate over new thinking and the restructuring of US-Soviet relations, Philip D.Stewart and Margaret G.Hermann the Soviet economy - growth, decay, and reform, John E.Tedstrom modernization and the military-civil competition for resources - Gorbachev's dilemma, Hans Heymann, Jr technology of Soviet national security, Richard W.Judy domestic politics and Gorbachev's security policy, William J.Bishop institutional change and Soviet national security policy, Jan S.Adams Gorbachev's concept of reasonable sufficiency in national defence, Mary C.FitzGerald changes in Soviet national security policy toward Western Europe under Gorbachev, Robert W.Clawson changes in Soviet security policy towards Eastern Europe and the Warsaw Pact, Robin Alison Remington changing Soviet national security policy in relations with the Third World, Roger E.Kanet arms control in Soviet national security policy under Gorbachev, Robert L.Arnett toward an explanation of change in Soviet national security policy and implications for the United States, George E.Hudson.

Diplomacy and Defense in Soviet National Security Policy

Soviet military doctrine has traditionally held that a nuclear war would be a continuation of politics, and that despite the scale of destruction, socialism would emerge victorious.1 Starting in the early 1970s, however, articles began to appear in the Soviet press which implicitly challenged the prevailing view.2 By 1981, this challenge had become fully explicit. In an interview with Pravda, former President Brezhnev described the attitude of the Soviet leadership toward nuclear war in a manner hardly consistent with the U.S.S.R.'s supposedly Clausewitzian tradition:

Soviet national security policy in Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean:the case of Mozambique

Soviet national security policy in Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean:<i>the case of Mozambique</i>