United States Foreign Policy and Economic Reform in Three Giants: The U.S.S.R., China and India

by John Echeverri-Gent (Editor)

Overview

Three of the largest and strategically most important nations in the world -the Soviet Union, China, and India - are currently in the throes of historic change. The reforms in the giants are transforming global economic and geopolitical relations. The United States must reexamine central tenets of its foreign policy if it is to seize the opportunities presented by these changes.This pathbreaking volume in the Overseas Development Council's series analyzes economic reform in the giants and its implications for U.S. foreign policy. Each of the giants is opening up its economy to foreign trade and investment. What consequences will this have for international trade? Each giant is attempting to catch up to global technological frontiers by absorbing foreign technologies: In what areas might cooperation enhance American interests, and in what areas must the U.S. protect its competitive and strategic assets? What role can key international economic institutions play to help integrate the giants into the international economy? The contributors suggest how U.S. foreign policy should anticipate these new circumstances in ways that enhance international cooperation and security.Contents: "Overview: Economic Reform in the Giants and U.S. Policy," by Richard E. Feinberg, John Echeverri-Gent, and Friedemann Miiller; "Economic Reform in the USSR," by Friedemann Miiller; "Economic Reform in China," by Rensselaer W. Lee III; "Economic Reform in India," by John Echeverri-Gent; "The Politics of Economic Reform in the Giants," by John Echeverri-Gent, and Friedemann Miiller; "Economic Reforms and International Trade," by Thomas Naylor; "Technology Transfer to the Giants: Opportunities and Challenges," by Richard P. Suttmeier; and "The Geopolitical Consequences of Reform in the Giants," by Elena Borisovna Arefieva.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780887383168
Publisher:	Transaction Publishers
Publication date:	01/30/1990
Series:	U.S.Third World Policy Perspectives Series , #14
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Richard E. Feinberg, John Echeverri-Gent, Friedemann Müller

Table of Contents

Overview: The Giants and the West: From Threat to Opportunity, The Essence of Being a Giant, The Rise and Fall of the Centralization Impulse, The Changing Global Environment and Pressures for Reform, Obstacles to Reform, Economic Reform and Political Change, The Impending Transformation of International Relations, The Interests of the West, The West Can Play a Role, Summaries of Chapter Recommendations, 1Economic Reform in the Soviet Union2. Issues in Chinese Economic Reform 3- Economic Reform in India: A Long and Winding Road 4» The Political Economy of Reform in the Three Giants:5. Science and Technology and Reform in the Giants 6- The Geopolitical Consequences of Reform

Editorial Reviews

The authors investigate economic reform in the Soviet Union, China, and India, examining the impact of economic reform on each country's own political system as well as on the world's economic and political order… For each of the "giants," the authors examine, inter alia, the pressures for reform, the political reform process and timetable, the obstacles to reform, the role of science and technology in increasing competitiveness, the changes in each country's foreign policies, and, last, the implications of these changes for US foreign policy.” —P. R. Kressler, Choice

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