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20. The Transitional World Order
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- FOREWORD TO THE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION vii
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Part one. The October Revolution: Its Sense and Significance
- 1. A Blunder of History, Accident, or Necessity? 3
- 2. Was Socialism Built in the Soviet Union? 13
- 3. Let’s Not Oversimplify! A Balance Sheet of the Soviet Years 25
- 4. October and the World 38
- 5. One More Balance Sheet: Something Worth Thinking About 47
- 6. October and Perestroika 55
- 7. Does Socialism Have a Future? 67
- 8. Summing Up 77
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Part two. The Union Could Have Been Preserved
- 9. A Tragic Turn of Events 83
- 10. Tbilisi . . . Baku . . . Vilnius 94
- 11. Toward a New Union Treaty 105
- 12. Referendum on the Union 118
- 13. The Coup: A Stab in the Back-and the Intrigues of Yeltsin 134
- 14. The Belovezh Accord: Dissolution of the USSR 149
- 15. What Lies Ahead? 162
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Part three. The New Thinking: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
- 16. The Sources of the New Thinking 171
- 17. The Very First Steps 179
- 18. The Conception (1985–1991) 187
- 19. Overcoming the Cold War 194
- 20. The Transitional World Order 208
- 21. The New Thinking in the Post-Confrontational World 215
- 22. The Challenge of Globalization 223
- 23. The Challenge of Diversity 231
- 24. The Challenge of Global Problems 240
- 25. The Challenge of Power Politics 248
- 26. The Challenge of Democracy 261
- 27. The Challenge of Universal Human Values 268
- 28. The Beginning of History? 275
- Index 279
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- FOREWORD TO THE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION vii
-
Part one. The October Revolution: Its Sense and Significance
- 1. A Blunder of History, Accident, or Necessity? 3
- 2. Was Socialism Built in the Soviet Union? 13
- 3. Let’s Not Oversimplify! A Balance Sheet of the Soviet Years 25
- 4. October and the World 38
- 5. One More Balance Sheet: Something Worth Thinking About 47
- 6. October and Perestroika 55
- 7. Does Socialism Have a Future? 67
- 8. Summing Up 77
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Part two. The Union Could Have Been Preserved
- 9. A Tragic Turn of Events 83
- 10. Tbilisi . . . Baku . . . Vilnius 94
- 11. Toward a New Union Treaty 105
- 12. Referendum on the Union 118
- 13. The Coup: A Stab in the Back-and the Intrigues of Yeltsin 134
- 14. The Belovezh Accord: Dissolution of the USSR 149
- 15. What Lies Ahead? 162
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Part three. The New Thinking: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
- 16. The Sources of the New Thinking 171
- 17. The Very First Steps 179
- 18. The Conception (1985–1991) 187
- 19. Overcoming the Cold War 194
- 20. The Transitional World Order 208
- 21. The New Thinking in the Post-Confrontational World 215
- 22. The Challenge of Globalization 223
- 23. The Challenge of Diversity 231
- 24. The Challenge of Global Problems 240
- 25. The Challenge of Power Politics 248
- 26. The Challenge of Democracy 261
- 27. The Challenge of Universal Human Values 268
- 28. The Beginning of History? 275
- Index 279