In the fall of 1987, the Soviet Union had become the most interesting country in the world.
What is happening there is nothing less than a gigantic ex periment, now only in its infancy …

THE EVENTS OF AUGUST 1991 have at last opened up the possibility of radical reform in
the former Soviet Union. Although Soviet politics have changed dramatically since 1985 …

Mikhail S. Gorbachev has pledged himself to the lofty goal of revitalizing a society of nearly
300 million people. After a hesitant start, he has cast himself as an advocate of far-reaching …

WESTERN ANALYSTS are, for all their differences, broadly agreed in their evaluation of
perestroikaas a political phenomenon, seeing its changes as neither cosmetic nor, despite …

The liberal position was naturally criticized by the American right, too wary of the Soviet
Union to countenance active support of Mikhail Gorbachev. But the proposed program of …

Gorbachev at the Helm (1987) analyses the policy decisions taken at the 27th Congress of
the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in February–March 1986, declared at the time by …

Page 1 Developments in SOVIET Politics Edited by Stephen White, Alex Pravda and Zvi
Gitelman Page 2 Developments in Soviet Politics Page 3 Developments in Soviet Politics Edited …

New thinking (novoye myshleniye) is the foreign policy component of Gorbachev's systemic
reforms, which include the more familiar perestroika (restructuring) and glasnost (openness) …

The reforming leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev has attracted interest throughout the world.
In this book a group of leading specialists drawn from both sides of the Atlantic provide a …

Something profound, comprehensive, and undeniably with worldwide implications has been
evolving in the Soviet Union over the past four years. General Secretary Gorbachev has …