ABSTRACT
A critical analysis of the past has shown that dogmatism and the subjectivist approach have left a mark on our foreign policy. The radical economic reform and the new approach to foreign economic ties have brought about the beginnings of the country's more effective inclusion in the world economy. Mutual relations have been placed on a new footing with such influential forces in the world process as communist, social democratic, and other political parties, the Nonaligned Movement, and intellectual circles personifying the authority of science and culture. Possibilities are opening up for opposing the threat to peace on a broader social and political basis than before and creating the grounds for resolving mankind's global problems through the joint efforts of the world community. The definite improvement of Soviet-American relations, as symbolized by the summit meetings, makes it possible to hope for a fundamental turn toward the elimination of the nuclear threat.
