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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 October 2009

J. T. G. Jukes
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Extract

Most early attempts to assess Soviet behaviour in the defence and foreign policy fields perforce used historical methods, perhaps better known to political scientists under the title of the 'rational actor model', or assumed implicitly or explicitly a 'balance of power' framework, or imposed a 'world domination' totalitarian scenario for Soviet decision-making and setting of national goals.

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Review of International Studies , Volume 14 , Issue 1 , January 1988 , pp. 69 - 76
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Copyright © British International Studies Association 1988

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