Wettig, Gerhard

• 1 The domestic sources of Gorbachev's new approach to foreign policy -- 2 Changing patterns of foreign policy -- The societal level of foreign policy -- Old and new thinking about international security -- A new policy towards Western Europe -- The two alliances and the vision of a pan-European security system -- The Soviet Union and the political transformation in Eastern Europe -- The Soviet Union confronted with the German problem -- Conclusions