• HISTORICAL ISSUES
• THE CZARIST PERIOD
• THE EARLY SOVIET GESTURE
• AMBIGUITIES OF THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD
• "LEAN TO ONE SIDE"
• SOVIET MODEL
• EDUCATION/SOCIALIZATION
• THE BREAK
• USSR IN US-CHINA RELATIONS
• DISCOMFORT IN UNIPOLAR WORLD
• REDUCED MILTARIZATION OF BORDER
• FATES UNDER REFORM

• TODAY’S MUTUAL INTERESTS
• STRATEGIC ISSUES
• TOWARDS MULTI-POLARITY?
• NATO EXPANSION ISSUE
• HIGH LEVEL VISITS
• HOW FAR?
• CENTRAL ASIA & ISLAM
• THE JAPAN FACTOR

 

• ARMS SALES
• CHINESE INTERESTS
• RUSSIAN INTERESTS
• TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS
• Su-27 CASE
• RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS
• CIVILIAN TRADE
• BARTER
• IMPORTANCE TO RUSSIA
• THE NUKE EXAMPLE
• CHINESE MIGRATION ISSUE

• LIMITS TO THE RELATIONSHIP
• TRADE
• RUSSIAN UNEASINESS
• CHINESE UNEASINESS