Abstract
The subject of spheres of influence in international politics is a large one. In several respects it spans the entire scope of the study of international politics and it is necessary to begin by marking out the aspects of spheres of influence which are the focus of what follows. This book is not a history of spheres of influence and it does not aim at providing a definitive account of the place of spheres of influence in the practice of international politics. Consequently there are a number of aspects of spheres of influence which are not included in this study and which would need to be dealt with in one with a different focus. My principal aim here has been to provide a systematic account of the place of tacit understanding, which the Soviet Union and the United States each have about spheres of influence, in international order.
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Address by Secretary Rusk, DSB, vol. LIX, no. 1528 (7 Oct. 1968) p. 350, and A. Sovetov, ‘The present stage in the struggle between socialism and imperialism’, International Affairs (Moscow) 11 Nov. 1968, p. 9.
On the idea of ‘rules of the game’ see A.M. Scott, ‘Military intervention by the Great Powers: the rules of the game’, in Zartman, W.I. (ed.), Czechoslovakia, Intervention and Impact (New York, New York University Press, 1970) pp. 85–104.
D.W. Bowett, The Search for Peace (London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1972) p. 118.
G. Maude, The Finnish Dilemma, Neutrality in the Shadow of Power (London: Oxford University Press, 1976), and
M. Jakobson, Finnish Neutrality, A Study of Finnish Foreigh Policy Since the Second World War (London: Hugh Evelyn, 1968).
H.N. Bull, ‘Super-Power Predominance and World Order’, an unpublished paper. See also H.N. Bull, ‘World order and the super powers’, in Carsten Holbraad (ed.), Super Powers and World Order (Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1971) pp. 148–9.
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Keal, P. (1983). Introduction. In: Unspoken Rules and Superpower Dominance. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06224-9_1
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