Soviet foriegn policy! PRETTY PLEASE HELP!!! (1 Viewer)

[VintageCostumer]

Freaking out... the syllabus dot point " soviet foriegn policy".... i get the "changing nature of foriegn policy" dot point... but i am not getting the "impact of changing ideology on foriegn policy" dot point....

yes i know it is probably staring me right in the face, but my brain is fried to a crisp!

any would be greatly(no HUMUNGIOUSLY) appreciated!

Thanks

 

[Leo Vanguard]

It's pretty simple, what it means is how did communist ideology (and changes in it) affect foreign policy from 1917-1941 e.g. 1917 there was Brest-Litovisk and a belief in permanant revolution, however, as PR did not seem to be working (along with the advent of the Civil War resulting in a new set of problems for the Bolsheviks) this policy was abandoned. Further examples include the dual nature of communist foreign policy through Comintern (which encouraged worldwide revolution: "Workers of the world unite!") contrasted to the Commissariat for Foreign Affairs (which tried to make peace with the West and establish trade relations). Then you could talk about the impact of Stalinism (and Stalin's policy of "Socialism in One Country") and how this affected foreign policy (how the Comintern basically stopped functioning in 1935 due to changes in approach by Stalin) etc etc. As you can see, as ideology changes (for various reasons) this impacts on foreign policy. Hope this helped.

 

[VintageCostumer]

Thanks yo have saved my life...well saved me from completly freaking out in the exam!

Thanks again!
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[Leo Vanguard]

No problem.

 

[KnifeySpoony]

I wasn't too sure of thtat either, i gave the hotline a call and yeah bascially what they leo mentioned was true.
buttt, the guy i spoke to said something about mentioning its isolationed view with its err, i guess you could say peaceful co-existance with other ntions(like when it joined the league of nations in 1934). He mentioned to use this as an aim to coincide with the purpose for modernisation + industralissation, for trade along with the 5 year plans + collectivisation.
So you could use that maybe, i don't remmeber find much notes in textbooks to say that so, you could use it if u want(makes sense imo)
aanddd don't forget security with nazism.