Economic factors affecting Soviet foreign and defense policy: a summary outline

Abraham S. Becker

Expert InsightsPublished 1985

This paper outlines the interrelations between economic factors, domestic or international, and Soviet foreign and military policy. The subject is considered in different arenas of Soviet involvement: Eastern Europe, East-West relations, and the Third World. Conclusions are drawn with regard to the role of economics as constraint on Soviet international involvement, the two-way influence between Soviet domestic economic and international economic factors, the economics of international relations as a source of Soviet policy conflict, and the relative dominance of politics and economics.

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  • Year: 1985
  • Pages: 11
  • Document Number: P-7148

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Becker, Abraham S., Economic factors affecting Soviet foreign and defense policy: a summary outline. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1985. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P7148.html.
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