Soviet Foreign Policy in 1989: An Analysis of Impact
This ten page postgraduate paper examines the role that changes in Soviet foreign policy played in bringing about the 1989 revolutions in Central and Eastern Europe. It is evident that his four years of experience as General Secretary of the CPSU and President of the Soviet Union had convinced Mikhail Gorbachev that cautious half-measures would not resolve the domestic and foreign policy crises confronting him.
