The annus mirabilis 1989 has made it clear that Soviet Union and United States now have it in their power to put end to the cold war-the most important, expensive and phenomenon of the half of our century. ..…

When the year began, relations among countries were what they had been for forty years Europe, Soviet Union that maintained East European empire by force, and America that assumed superpower responsibilities vis-à-vis its allies NATO and Asia. ... More than 700,000 Soviet troops were..…

But I feel that the particular way in which Soviet Union disintegrated, and the vacuum of ideas and purpose it left in its wake, is undervalued when it comes to our understanding of Russia and the post- Soviet period.. I had sensed during my travels in the post- Soviet for..…

Gaullist and Soviet of European arrangement. One, rooted in the transitional setting of the war, fails to respond to the growing political concerns of Europe the second reflects current political moods and ignores historical trends the third fails on both scores.. ..…