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Gabriel Gorodetsky, The impact of the Ribbenirop-Molotov pact on the course of Soviet foreign policy.
The author challenges the current historiography which tends to assume that in signing the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact Stalin, motivated by greed for territories, had thrown his lot with Germany. An examination of Allied archives and Soviet sources reveals Stalin's foreign policy to be unscrupulously realpolitik, dominated by a realization of the Soviet Union's relative weakness. The pact, however, was not regarded as a foolproof guarantee for Russia's western borders in view of Stalin's deep-seated suspicion of a British-German reconciliation. Thus rather than commitment to Germany and a division of Europe to spheres of influence Stalin regarded strict neutrality as the crowning success of their diplomacy. Such neutrality, however, remained precarious throughout the interregnum of 1939-1941 . It was sapped by the Soviet benign attitude to Germany, by contemplated Allied action against Russia, and by the profound gnawing fear in the Kremlin of a British connivance in a future war with Germany. Consequentially, especially after the fall of France, Stalin was forced to resort to such exceedingly subtle dual diplomacy that its meaning was often lost on his partners. His obsessive suspicion of a separate peace hampered his judgment and contributed to the paralysis which struck him as war drew nearer.

The aim of this thesis is to study the Libyan foreign policy in Africa from 1969 to 2002. The foreign Libyan political decision had been influence by many political, ideological and international directions. The petroleum had allowed to Libyan politics to exercise an important role by using important amount of money coming from the petroleum revenue. The latter had brought financial and economic assistance, which bring Libyan assistance policy essential in many African countries.After the end of the cold war and the world domination by the American politics, Libya had been accuse in the Lockerbie affaires and had been sanction by the United Nations. The political sanctions and the economic embargo conduct Libya to change its foreign policy and abandon the struggle against the presence of Americans and Israelis in Africa, as well as to adopt a foreign policy in the trends of Occidental interest ; L'objectif de la thèse est d'étudier la politique libyenne étrangère en Afrique pendant la période (1969-2002). Les décisions de la politique étrangère libyenne ont été influencées par plusieurs orientations politiques, idéologiques et internationales. Le pétrole a permis la politique libyenne d'exercer un rôle important en utilisant s'importantes sommes d'argents provenant de ses revenus pétrolier. Ces dernières ont permis d'apporter des aides financières et économiques, ce qui a rendu la politique libyenne d'aide indispensable dans beaucoup de pays africains.Apres la fin de la guerre froide et la domination de la politique américaine au niveau mondial, la Libye a été accusée de l'affaire Lockerbie et a été sanctionnée par les nation-Unis. Les sanctions politiques et l'embargo économique ont conduits la Libye a changé sa politique étrangère et abandonner la lutte contre la présence américaine et israélienne en Afrique, ainsi qu'adopter une politique étrangère avec les intérêts occidentaux.

The aim of this thesis is to study the Libyan foreign policy in Africa from 1969 to 2002. The foreign Libyan political decision had been influence by many political, ideological and international directions. The petroleum had allowed to Libyan politics to exercise an important role by using important amount of money coming from the petroleum revenue. The latter had brought financial and economic assistance, which bring Libyan assistance policy essential in many African countries.After the end of the cold war and the world domination by the American politics, Libya had been accuse in the Lockerbie affaires and had been sanction by the United Nations. The political sanctions and the economic embargo conduct Libya to change its foreign policy and abandon the struggle against the presence of Americans and Israelis in Africa, as well as to adopt a foreign policy in the trends of Occidental interest ; L'objectif de la thèse est d'étudier la politique libyenne étrangère en Afrique pendant la période (1969-2002). Les décisions de la politique étrangère libyenne ont été influencées par plusieurs orientations politiques, idéologiques et internationales. Le pétrole a permis la politique libyenne d'exercer un rôle important en utilisant s'importantes sommes d'argents provenant de ses revenus pétrolier. Ces dernières ont permis d'apporter des aides financières et économiques, ce qui a rendu la politique libyenne d'aide indispensable dans beaucoup de pays africains.Apres la fin de la guerre froide et la domination de la politique américaine au niveau mondial, la Libye a été accusée de l'affaire Lockerbie et a été sanctionnée par les nation-Unis. Les sanctions politiques et l'embargo économique ont conduits la Libye a changé sa politique étrangère et abandonner la lutte contre la présence américaine et israélienne en Afrique, ainsi qu'adopter une politique étrangère avec les intérêts occidentaux.