SOVIET FOREIGN POLICY TODAY Gorbachev and the New Political Thinking -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acronyms -- Part I The setting of Soviet foreign policy -- 1 Introduction: The 'old' political thinking and the 'new' -- 2 The evolution of Soviet foreign policy: Major historical phases -- 3 Instruments of Soviet foreign policy -- Part II Regional patterns of Soviet foreign policy -- 4 The Soviet Union and the capitalist world -- 5 The Soviet Union and the communist world -- 6 The Soviet Union and the Third World -- 7 Conclusions -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index.