Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.
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
The Soviet and Post Soviet Review – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1993
Read and print from thousands of top scholarly journals.
Already have an account? Log in
Bookmark this article. You can see your Bookmarks on your DeepDyve Library.
To save an article, log in first, or sign up for a DeepDyve account if you don’t already have one.
Copy and paste the desired citation format or use the link below to download a file formatted for EndNote
Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
All DeepDyve websites use cookies to improve your online experience. They were placed on your computer when you launched this website. You can change your cookie settings through your browser.