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Superpower Conflict Resolution: Lessons for the Future

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Despite the significant progress that the United States and the USSR have made in cooperating to resolve regional conflicts, many of these conflicts continue. One reason for this is that the Soviet and American governments have had differing expectations regarding what the outcome of superpower conflict resolution efforts should be. Yet even when Soviet and American aims are similar, there are other obstacles to conflict resolution. Among these are the lack of commitment to democracy on the part of one or more of the local antagonists in regional conflicts, and involvement by other external parties in the conflicts. There is no guarantee that the superpowers can successfully resolve regional conflicts even if they adopt a common approach to conflict resolution, but adopting a common approach may at least allow Washington and Moscow to unlink their overall relations from those conflicts that cannot be resolved.

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  • Mark N. Katz, 1991. "Superpower Conflict Resolution: Lessons for the Future," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 518(1), pages 177-187, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:518:y:1991:i:1:p:177-187
    DOI: 10.1177/0002716291518001015
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