Mutual Perceptions of Long-Range Goals: Can the United States and the Soviet Union Cooperate Permanently?

ISBN-13: 9780367004149 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 404 str.

Klaus Gottstein

Opis

This book, Land, Power, and Poverty, explores the development of the rigid and unequal structures of rural Central American society and the role in the conflicts of five governments of the region Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua.

Spis treści

Preface -- Introductory Remarks -- Soviet Perceptions of Long-Term Western Developments, Goals and Constraints -- Commentary on Sergej Plekhanov’s Paper -- Perestroika, New Realities and the Future of East-West Relations -- Recent Changes in the Soviet Perception of the Role of the United States in World Politics -- American Perceptions of Soviet Aims -- Commentary on Raymond Garthoff’s Paper: American Perceptions of Soviet Aims -- »Containment Then and Now«. A Note on George F. Kennan’s Perception of the Soviet Union -- Parallels between the Polarization among Western Analysts and Soviet Supporters of Perestroika -- American Perceptions of Western Goals and Constraints in Western Policy Toward the Soviet Union: How Much Worst Case Thinking? -- Commentary on John Van Oudenaren’s Paper -- Soviet Perceptions of Long-Term Development, Goals and Constraints Effective in the USSR -- Commentary on Vladimir Baranovskij’s Paper. An American’s View of Soviet Perceptions: Assessing Change -- The Kaleidoscope of International Decision-Making: The Human Factors in Crisis Management -- Panel Discussion -- Soviet Economic Perceptions: Features of a Revaluation -- Concluding Remarks -- Additional Papers -- Political Understanding, Perspectivism and Dialogue Structure -- Relaxation of Tensions and Areas of Dangers in the East-West Relations -- Ecological Problems as Reflected in East-West Perceptions -- Analysis of the Results of this Conference