Russia, France and the Idea of Europe

Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction: Looking through a Prism of Russo-French Relations, 1958-2001: A View of Russian European Policy, Change and the Power of Ideas PART I: IN STALIN'S SHADOW, 1958-1985 Gaullist France and the Khrushchev Spring, 1958-1964: The Emergence of 'Instrumental Europeanism' Gaullist France, A Catalyst for Change in Soviet European Policy, 1964-1968 The Crucial Role of France in Soviet Detente Strategy, 1969-1981 Mitterand's France and Soviet European Policy, 1981-1985: Precursor to Change PART II: THE GORBACHEV REVOLUTION, 1985-1991 The Launch of 'New Thinking' and France, Spring 1985-Winter 1986 France as a Symbol in Soviet Rethinking of Europe, Winter 1986-Summer 1988 France and the Soviet Return to Europe, Summer 1988-Winter 1991 PART III: THE POST-SOVIET ERA, 1991-2001 Russian Foreign Policy and the Role of France: 'Looks to me like the Russian Version of Gaullism' Endnotes Sources Index