The Soviet Union and Northern Europe: New Thinking and Old Security Constraints
This article argues that the interdependence and traditional stability of Northern Europe make it an excellent arena for the Soviet foreign policy of New Thinking. For most of the postwar period, the situation in the Nordic region, according to the Soviet perspective, has been satisfactory if not id...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/0002716290512001015 2024-06-16T07:41:16+00:00 The Soviet Union and Northern Europe: New Thinking and Old Security Constraints JANES, ROBERT W. 1990 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002716290512001015 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0002716290512001015 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science volume 512, issue 1, page 163-172 ISSN 0002-7162 1552-3349 journal-article 1990 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716290512001015 2024-05-19T13:14:50Z This article argues that the interdependence and traditional stability of Northern Europe make it an excellent arena for the Soviet foreign policy of New Thinking. For most of the postwar period, the situation in the Nordic region, according to the Soviet perspective, has been satisfactory if not ideal. In the 1980s, the U.S. naval response to the Soviet strategic buildup on the Kola Peninsula brought increasing instability to the region, a major challenge to Soviet foreign policy. New Thinking attempts to manage current problems through a comprehensive set of security, economic, and environmental initiatives. The article concludes that New Thinking was probably oversold, as Soviet foreign policy has had little success with the intractable security issues in the region. Soviet diplomacy in Northern Europe presents insights into Gorbachev's policy of a common European home, however. Article in Journal/Newspaper kola peninsula SAGE Publications Kola Peninsula The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 512 1 163 172 |
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This article argues that the interdependence and traditional stability of Northern Europe make it an excellent arena for the Soviet foreign policy of New Thinking. For most of the postwar period, the situation in the Nordic region, according to the Soviet perspective, has been satisfactory if not ideal. In the 1980s, the U.S. naval response to the Soviet strategic buildup on the Kola Peninsula brought increasing instability to the region, a major challenge to Soviet foreign policy. New Thinking attempts to manage current problems through a comprehensive set of security, economic, and environmental initiatives. The article concludes that New Thinking was probably oversold, as Soviet foreign policy has had little success with the intractable security issues in the region. Soviet diplomacy in Northern Europe presents insights into Gorbachev's policy of a common European home, however. |
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