The Soviet economic dilemma of eastern Europe
By: Keith Crane.
Contributors: Rand Corporation.; United States. Air Force.
Publisher: Rand
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 70
Subjects: Council for Mutual Economic Assistance -- Soviet Union.; Soviet Union -- Foreign economic relations -- Europe, Eastern.; Europe, Eastern -- Foreign economic relations -- Soviet Union.
Description: This report examines probable changes in Soviet economic policies toward Eastern Europe during the next decade. It studies the issue of Soviet economic subsidies to Eastern Europe and explores several hypotheses that could explain why they have been granted. Finally, it discusses ways in which Soviet willingness to subsidize Eastern Europe will likely be affected by increased Soviet economic stringency, along with the possible repercussions of a decline in subsidies for East European economies. The study concludes that the Soviet Union will continue to use an awkward, expensive system of trade within the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance to buttress its important strategic, ideological, bureaucratic, and political stakes in the region.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 65-70.
"A Project Air Force report prepared for the United States Air Force."
"R-3368-AF."
"May 1986."