The Foreign Policy of Soviet Russia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6402425 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Waldemar Gurian (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1943 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 177-193 |
| Publication date | 1943-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034670500048579 |
| OpenAlex | W1976948508 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 11 |
Russian policy is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma,” Winston Churchill stated. But Joseph Stalin claimed: “Our policy is simple and clear.” These statements which apparently contradict each other can be reconciled. For the mysterious character of the Russian foreign policy is the result, precisely, of the apparent clearness of its principles. Since its birth, the Soviet regime has always described itself as the standard-bearer of the Marxian doctrine and the Communist world revolution; yet this aim has always permitted the use of the most varied methods. Glaring contradictions in practice were defended by the same slogans and formulas. On the one hand, the Soviet regime, apparently sacrificed Russia to the world revolution; on the other hand, it seemed to put the world revolution into the service of the proletarian fatherland. The Soviet regime utilized the German opposition to the status quo created by the treaty of Versailles as well as the French fear of German imperialism and of Germany's attempts to obtain mastery in Europe and throughout the world. The Soviet regime for years regarded moderate Socialists as its most hated enemies, but later it tried to cooperate with them in the anti-Fascist Popular Front. The leaders of the Soviets sometimes proclaimed that the world revolution was around the corner but that belief has not prevented them at other times from regarding it only as a remote possibility in a far distant future
Communism · Economic history · Fatherland · Foreign policy · German · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Proletariat · Russian revolution · Sociology · Status quo · Treaty · World War II · History · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Russia and Soviet political economy
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Labor, the UN and the Cold War
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 1943 - 1999 (57) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |