Professional Affiliation

Moscow bureau chief, Washington Post

Wilson Center Project

Power in the Kremlin 1980-1985; years of Exhausted Communism

Project Summary

Brezhnev’s final years and a crisis in Soviet society the rise of Andropov and his abortive attempt to initiate internal reforms continued stagnation under Chernenko marked by a temporary compromise between power elites Soviet political system during 1980-85 and the two transitions in the Kremlin

Previous Terms

Mar 01, 1977 - Jul 01, 1977: "Contemporary Society and Culture in Yugoslavia"