A collection of papers presented at Boston University by leading Sovietologists evaluating the meaning of developments in the USSR and their impact since Gorbachev became head of government. The consensus is that the USSR is facing a systemic crisis, affecting ideology, leadership and economics.
Is the Soviet political system in crisis?; is Sovietology in crisis?; the Soviet system - what can be ascertained? - inferences drawn from US-USSR negotiations; Gorbachev's struggle and the Soviet crisis; the Soviet nationalities - irrepressible conflict; changes in the decision-making apparat - Vsja vlast' sovietam?; the Soviet crisis and foreign policy formation; Soviet international operations - domestic fallout?; impact of Gorbachev's Perestroika and interdependence on East Euopean allies; the impact of Gorbachevshchina on US foreign policy.
