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The Death Of Ideology In Soviet Foreign Investment Policy, Christopher Osakwe
The Death Of Ideology In Soviet Foreign Investment Policy, Christopher Osakwe
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
This Article's primary thesis is that the Soviet Government's decision to permit the creation of international joint ventures in the Soviet Union is a major instrument of the policy of perestroika. As such, the stability and profitability of any international commercial joint enterprise in the Soviet Union is inextricably linked with the fate of perestroika. If perestroika succeeds, the Soviet Union will have a market-oriented socialist economy, fully integrated into the world economy. By virtue of this success, Western investors and entrepreneurs will be in a position to make deeper, more profitable, and more lasting inroads into the Soviet economy. …