Impact Of Gorbachevs ‘nee Thinking’ On Eastern Europe

Question 1

What had Gorbachev shown?

Answer 1

He was prepared to make deals with the USA and do the unthinkable

Question 2

What was going on with the soviet economy ?

Answer 2

It could no longer strain the support of forces in Eastern Europe

Question 3

What Doctrine does Gorbachev reject ?

Answer 3

In 1988 he rejected the Brezhnev Doctrine

Question 4

What did Gorbachev go on to do in 1989?

Answer 4

Accepted that members of the Warsaw pact could make changes to their own counties without expecting outside interference
This is called the Sinatra Doctrine

Question 5

What was the rejection of the Brezhnev doctrine and the Sinatra doctrine a part of ?

Answer 5

Gorbachev’s new thinking
This meant ideology would play a much smaller part in foreign affairs

Question 6

What did this all mean in practice ?

Answer 6

The Soviet Union would no longer favor trade with communist countries over non communist countirss

Question 7

What was Gorbachev keen for ?

Answer 7

Eastern Europe to embrace the new thinking, Perestroika and Glasnost