Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The argument
  • Political leadership and the puzzle of foreign policy change and continuity
  • Mikhail Gorbachev and Kim Il Sung
  • The decision-making approach
  • Beliefs and strategic interaction
  • Outline of the book
  • A theory of foreign policy decisions
  • The theory of moves (TOM)
  • Preferences need inferences
  • Making beliefs and learning patterns visible
  • The theory of inferences about preferences (TIP)
  • The subjective games of Gorbachev's predecessors (1980-1985)
  • The cases
  • Gorbachev: uncommitted thinker and motivated learner
  • The early Gorbachev era (1985-1986)
  • The second year of the Gorbachev era (February 1986-January 1987)
  • Gorbachev: committed teacher and reformer
  • Gorbachev induces U.S. cooperation (1987-1988)
  • Gorbachev transforms great power politics (1989-1991)
  • Kim Il Sung: revolutionary cold warrior
  • Deadlock in the Cold War (1980-1983)
  • The deadlock continues (1984-1986)
  • Kim Il Sung: touched by the winds of change?
  • The catalytic period (1987-1990)
  • The post-Cold War period (1991-1994)
  • The implications
  • Lessons from the past and applications to the future
  • Main findings
  • Theoretical significance
  • The continued relevance of Gorbachev and Kim Il Sung.