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Soviet Union [USSR] INSTRUMENTS OF INFLUENCE
The Soviet Union interacted with other countries in a variety
of ways, including diplomacy, arms transfers, state and government
visits, use of communist parties abroad, front organizations, trade
and aid, and educational exchanges. To achieve its general and
regional foreign policy objectives, the Soviet Union made great
efforts to sustain and increase relations over time. The Soviet
physical and material presence in a state (which could be
quantified by numbers of military and economic advisers and the
amount of economic and military assistance) had traditionally been
one indicator that, along with information about internal decision
making, allowed Western analysts to theorize about the degree of
Soviet influence on a particular state's foreign policy.
Data as of May 1989
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