The breakup of the Soviet Union : [electronic resource] opposing viewpoints / William Barbour, Carol Wekesser, [book editors].

Includes bibliographical references (p. 254-256) and index.

A collection of articles debating issues related to the collapse of the former Soviet Union, the future of the region, and America's foreign policy there.

U.S. democracy contributed to the collapse of Soviet communism / George Urban -- Soviet communism collapsed on its own / John P. Maynard -- Ronald Reagan's presidency caused the collapse of the Soviet Union / Edwin Meese III -- Ronald Reagan's presidency did not cause the collapse of the Soviet Union / Daniel Deudney & G. John Ikenberry -- Political reforms caused the collapse of the Soviet Union / Michael Mandelbaum -- Political reforms alone did not cause the collapse of the Soviet Union / Francis Fukuyama -- The breakup increases the threat of nuclear proliferation / Daniel Ellsberg -- The breakup may not increase the threat of nuclear proliferation / William Walker -- The breakup makes America the leader of the world / Elliott Abrams -- The breakup signals the end of America's world leadership / Zoltán Grossman -- The breakup marks the end of communism / George Bush -- The breakup does not mark the end of communism / Robert W. Lee -- U.S. foreign policy should focus on Russia / Dimitir K. Simes -- U.S. foreign policy should focus on all of the republics / Paul A. Goble -- Western aid to the republics will ensure U.S. security / Warren M. Christopher -- Western aid to the republics will not ensure U.S. security / Steven Rosefielde -- The U.S. should greatly reduce its nuclear arsenal / Center for Defense Information -- The U.S. should retain a significant nuclear arsenal / American Defense Institute -- Western aid would strengthen the republics' economies / Richard Nixon -- Western aid alone would not strengthen the republics' economies / Henry A. Kissinger -- Increased IMF intervention would strengthen the republics' economies / Jeffrey Sachs & David Lipton -- IMF intervention would not strengthen the republics' economies / Steve H. Hanke -- Socialism would strengthen the republics' economies / Mike Davidow -- Socialism would not strengthen the republics' economies / Guy Sorman -- Currency boards would strengthen the republics'economies / Alan Walters -- Privatization would strengthen the republics' economies / Leonid Grigoriev -- Employee ownership would strengthen the republics' economies / John Logue & Dan Bell -- Quelling nationalism is necessary / Natalia Narochnitskaya, Vladimir A. Babak & Victor Nadein-Rayevski -- Quelling nationalism is unnecessary / Philip Goldman, Gail Lapidus & Victor Zaslavsky -- Islamic fundamentalism must be repressed in the Central Asian republics / Boris Z. Rumer -- Islamic fundamentalism poses no threat to the Central Asian republics / Colin Barraclough -- U.S. policies could reduce conflict in the Central Asian republics / Firuz Kazemzadeh -- Uniting Ukraine and Russia would reduce conflict / Alexander Solzhenitsyn -- Democracy can reduce ethnic conflict / Rita Jalali & Seymour Martin Lipset.