Russia
Russia | Russia Poses an Expansionist Threat
In the upcoming [June 1996] Russian election, attention has inevitably focused on the competition between President Boris Yeltsin and Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov. But whatever the outcome, America’s Russia policy requires an urgent reappraisal. If Zyuganov wins, such a reassessment is inevitable. But a Yeltsin victory, too, would impose a new approach. For even under Yeltsin, Russia is pursuing an increasingly assertive foreign policy, which already opposes American notions of world order in many parts of the world.
The administration will have no choice but to...
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- Introduction
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Chapter 1
- Chapter 1 Preface
- Capitalist Reforms Created Russia’s Economic Crisis
- Capitalist Reforms Did Not Create Russia’s Economic Crisis
- Russia’s Crime Problem Stems from Its Failure to Replace the Soviet State
- Russia’s Crime Problem Is a Direct Legacy of the Soviet State
- An Environmental Crisis Underlies Russia’s Problems
- A Public Health Crisis Underlies Russia’s Problems
- Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
- Chapter 3 Preface
- Russia Poses an Expansionist Threat
- Russia Does Not Pose an Expansionist Threat
- The Proliferation of Russian Nuclear Weapons Is a Serious Global Threat
- The Threat of Russia- Sponsored Nuclear Proliferation Is Exaggerated
- The Russian Mafia Is a Serious Threat to the United States
- There Is No Russian Mafia Threat in the United States
- Chapter 4
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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