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PERESTROIKA HAS BEEN GRATEFULLY SEIZED UPON IN THE WEST AS HERALDING THE END OF THE EAST-WEST CONFLICT. BUT GORBACHEV'S INSPIRATION FOR PERESTROIKA IS LENIN'S NEW ECONOMIC POLICY OF 1921. THE STRATEGY OF NEP WAS (1) TO LOOSEN UP THE ECONOMY WITH SOME PRIVATE INCENTIVES; (2) TO ALLOW SOME SYMBOLIC FREEDOMS WHILE TIGHTENING PARTY DISCIPLINE AND EXPANDING THE ROLE OF THE CHEKA; (3) TO ENGAGE THE SYMPATHY OF THE WEST AND ENLIST WESTERN TECHNOLOGICAL AID IN OVERCOMING THE CRISIS. THIS PAPER TRACES PARALLELS BETWEEN GORBACHEV AND THE LENIN STRATEGY AND PROPOSES THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS AS THE FOUNDATION FOR ATTEMPTS TO DEAL WITH SOVIET POLICIES UNDER GORBACHEV: IS THERE STILL A COMMITMENT TO A LENINIST VICTORY? HOW WILL THE AREAS OF FREEDOM EXPAND IN THE USSR? WHAT ARE THE LIMITS TO ARBITRARY POWER? WHEN WILL MILITARY PRODUCTION BE CURTAILED? THE WEST NEEDS TO ENCOURAGE TRENDS TOWARD FREER POLITICS AND FREER ECONOMICS IN THE EAST, BUT ONLY WHEN THERE IS CLEAR EVIDENCE THAT THE PURPOSE IS NOT TO BUILD STRENGTH TO LAUNCH A LENINIST ASSAULT UPON ITS OWN FREE INSTITUTIONS.

On ne saurait nier que la plupart des chefs des mouvements revolutionnaires de l'Amerique Centrale finissent par adopter des convictions et des pratiques marxistes-leninistes. Ce nonobstant, la sovietisation des regimes locaux a toujours ete le resultat de circonstances exterieures, independantes d'interventions sovietiques, dans lesquelles l'attitude des Etats-Unis representait le facteur le plus fort, parfois meme unique

Der Konflikt am Horn von Afrika und seine Ursachen. Die zunehmende Einflußnahme der UdSSR und USA verschärft den Konflikt. Alternativen zur Lösung des Problems. (DÜI-Mro)

The net effect of the Vietnam War and the subsequent Vietnamese conquest of Cambodia has been to greatly augment the influence of the USSR throughout Indochina. Despite repeated efforts by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to exert international diplomatic pressure and get Vietnam to leave Cambodia, Hanoi's determination to maintain its hegemony in the region only seems to have increased. There is considerable ambivalence within ASEAN toward the role of the People's Republic of China in solving the Cambodian conflict. Thus far, the US has retained a low profile in the conflict, a posture which only seems to strengthen a potentially dangerous strategic status quo. (Internat. Political Science Assoc.)