ID | 182254 |
Title Proper | Containment Beyond the Cold War |
Other Title Information | How Washington Lost the Post-Soviet Peace |
Language | ENG |
Author | Sarotte, M. E |
Summary / Abstract (Note) | On December 15, 1991, U.S. Secretary ofState James Baker arrived in Moscow amid political chaos to meet with Russian leader Boris Yeltsin, who was at the time busy wresting power from his nemesis, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. Yeltsin had recently made a shocking announcement that he and the leaders of Belarus and Ukraine were dismantling the Soviet Union. Their motive was to render Gorbachev impotent by transforming him from the head ofa massive country into the president ofnothing. |
`In' analytical Note | Foreign Affairs Vol. 100, No.6; Nov-Dec 2021: p.22-35 |
Journal Source | Foreign Affairs Vol: 100 No 6 |
Key Words | Washington ; Cold War ; Post-Soviet Peace |