New RAND Joint Notes Soviet 2012-05-24T13:28:54Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/pubs/joint_notes-soviet.html Soviet Middle East policy under Gorbachev http://www.rand.org/pubs/joint_notes-soviet/JNS02.html 1989-12-31T21:00:00Z 1989-12-31T21:00:00Z This study examines the changes in Soviet foreign policy that Mikhail Gorbachev has introduced as "new thinking." In particular, it considers the application of new thinking to the Middle East, distinguishing between continuity and change, and, parti... The 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union : a report from the Airlie House conference http://www.rand.org/pubs/joint_notes-soviet/JNS01.html 1985-12-31T21:00:00Z 1985-12-31T21:00:00Z The 27th Soviet Party Congress convened in Moscow on February 25, 1986. It was awaited with particular anticipation both inside and outside the Soviet Union because it would indicate the directions that Mikhail Gorbachev and his new team would attem...