Gorbachev's Eurasian strategy. (Mikhail S. Gorbachev)

From: World Affairs | Date: March 22, 1993| Author: Burke, James F. | Copyright information

Mikhail Gorbachev followed a strategy of increasing the Soviet Union's power base in the Eurasian Rimland to build up its status as a global superpower. Gorbachev's policy was different from preceding Soviet presidents in that he shifted the focus from military power to technological and economic power. To this end he actively pursued industrial connection with the Asian, African and Latin American countries thus moving the power struggle from Europe. He hoped to build an Asian triangle of Mo...

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