Paul Marantz

Neither Adversaries Nor Partners: Russia and the West Search for a New Relationship

In December 1991, a new Russian state emerged from the wreckage of the Soviet Union. At first, there was much optimism in both Russia and the West that the collapse of Soviet power, the demise of Marxist-Leninist ideology, and the end of the Cold War would lead to a more tranquil world, one in which Moscow would cease being a threatening adversary and would instead become a cooperative member of the international community.1

The Soviet Union: The Incomplete Superpower

Dimensions of Soviet Union. Part 1 The domestic context: the constraints of empire economy in crisis?. Part 2 The international environment: the USSRs security outlook soviet military requirements and responses Soviet military power and global influence the USSRs global economic policy. Part 3 The future of Soviet power: the limits of Soviet power.