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The United States, r uSsia and the Republics

The United States, r uSsia and the Republics SEMINAR REX A. WADE (Fairfax, VA, USA) THE UNITED STATES, R USSIA AND THE REPUBLICS The Soviet Union has collapsed, it is gone. With it has gone a historical era, both in its own history and the history of international relations. It represented a unique player on the international scene, first in its rolesince 1917 as advocate of a universal creed and with the avowed goal of fundamentally reshaping the world and the power relationships therein, and second in its role after 1945 as a superpower and in the Cold War. Observers are widely hailing the end of the Cold War; We will hope that they are correct. What was incorrect, certainly, was the belief, widely held about 1989-91, that the end of the Cold War and Soviet universalist claims automatically meant a more peaceful, more democratic, world. It might yet be such a world, but it might not be. That will depend to a very large degree on events inside Russia and the newly independent republics of the former Soviet Union, but it also will depend at least in part on the policies and actions of the Western countries, and especially the United States, toward Russia and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Soviet and Post Soviet Review Brill

The United States, r uSsia and the Republics

Wade, Rex A.
The Soviet and Post Soviet Review , Volume 20 (1): 115 – Jan 1, 1993
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© 1993 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1075-1262
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10.1163/187633293X00099
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SEMINAR REX A. WADE (Fairfax, VA, USA) THE UNITED STATES, R USSIA AND THE REPUBLICS The Soviet Union has collapsed, it is gone. With it has gone a historical era, both in its own history and the history of international relations. It represented a unique player on the international scene, first in its rolesince 1917 as advocate of a universal creed and with the avowed goal of fundamentally reshaping the world and the power relationships therein, and second in its role after 1945 as a superpower and in the Cold War. Observers are widely hailing the end of the Cold War; We will hope that they are correct. What was incorrect, certainly, was the belief, widely held about 1989-91, that the end of the Cold War and Soviet universalist claims automatically meant a more peaceful, more democratic, world. It might yet be such a world, but it might not be. That will depend to a very large degree on events inside Russia and the newly independent republics of the former Soviet Union, but it also will depend at least in part on the policies and actions of the Western countries, and especially the United States, toward Russia and

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