Continuity and Change in Soviet Foreign Policy under Gorbachev

Policy under Gorbachev Achin Vanaik The pursuit of 'socialism is one country' remains the principal bedrock of Soviet foreign policy under Gorbachev. Insofar as there has been an evolution since Stalin's time, it has been in the direction of even greater conservatism so that the distance between Soviet policy today and the classical internationalist perspective of Lenin's time is greater than ever.