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Formation of the USSR Sphere of Influence and Stalin's World View right after the World War II

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16530104
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field International relations
Research InstitutionTokyo University of Foreign Studies

Principal Investigator

KURIHARA Hirohide  Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Professor, アジア・アフリカ言語文化研究所, 教授 (30195557)

Project Period (FY) 2004 – 2005
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2005)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000)
KeywordsStalin / cold war / international communist movement / USSR / superpower / global strategy / グローバル
Research Abstract

During the period 1945-1953 Stalin had no concrete global policy which is regarded as one of the indispensable requisites for the superpowers. It is true that during that period the USSR enlarged its own sphere of influence to Eastern Europe and mainland China but the importance of these areas for Stalin can be explained by the national interest and security of the USSR. For example, Stalin was not so interested in Greece or Trieste that made a compromise with the US and the Great Britain on these areas whereas he made no concessions on the Poland issue. Therefore it is not exaggerated to say that Stalin's world view remained unchanged since 1930s.
The only one thing that remarks the difference from the Stalin's traditional world view was his adhesion to the draft program of the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI) which had lasted from 1950 until his death in 1953. It might be regarded as embryo to the global policy peculiar to the superpowers because for the first time in his life Stalin showed his interest to a country which had little to do with the national interest and security of the USSR and began to deal with some universal issues : revolutionary strategy, agricultural revolution, united front and party works in the ex-colonies. Stalin's interest to PKI, however, did not lead to the formation of an embodied global policy because of his death in 1953. Moreover, the fact that Stalin criticized the revolutionary line of CCP tacitly predicts the coming Sino-Soviet dispute though at that time he intended to share the communist leadership with the CCP in Asia.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2005 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2004 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All 2005 Other

All Book (3 results)

  • [Book] コミンテルン・システムとインドシナ共産党2005

    • Author(s)
      栗原浩英
    • Total Pages
      319
    • Publisher
      東京大学出版会
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary 2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] The Indochinese Communist Party in the Comintern System2005

    • Author(s)
      KURIHARA, Hirohide
    • Total Pages
      319
    • Publisher
      University of Tokyo Press
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] 米中接近と冷戦構造の崩壊

    • Author(s)
      栗原浩英(増田 弘・編著)
    • Total Pages
      260
    • Publisher
      慶応義塾大学出版会(印刷中)
    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2004-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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