After the Soviet Union: From Empire to Nations (American Assembly Series) - Tapa blanda

The power struggles now underway in the fifteen successor republics raise the specter of chaos in Eastern Europe and Southern Asia. Can these new nations manage their deepening economic crisis? What political form will the new republics take, and can the changes be accomplished peacefully. What dangers and problems does the Soviet Union's passage present to the outside world? This collection od original essays, sponsored by the Harriman Institute at Columbia University and the American Assembly, is the first comprehensive assessment of the challenges facing the Soviet Union's successor republics. In five concise chapters, leading American scholars of Soviet affairs examine the economics, politics, and foreign policy of the new nations. The future role of the Soviet military machine-really another nation among the nations-is also discussed. The authors' conclusions lend ground for a tempered optimism about the future of the former USSR.

The disintegration of the Soviet Union will have far-reaching effects on the world. The Cold War seems over but in its place is the spectre of political and economic chaos in Eastern Europe and Southern Asia. Can the Soviet Union's successor republics manage their deepening economic crisis, and what will be the consequences if they cannot? What political form will the new republics take, and can the changes be accomplished peacefully? What dangers and problems does the passing of the Soviet Union present to the outside world? In this collection of essays, sponsored by the American Assembly in cooperation with the Harriman Institute, some of America's leading experts on the Soviet Union offer their answers to these questions.