Russian collection.

Theories of political change and prediction of change: methodological problems -- Oligarchic petrification or pluralistic transformation: paradigmatic views of the Soviet Union in the 1970s -- Paradigms and the debate on relations with the Soviet Union: détente, new internationalism, and neoconservatism -- The Reagan administration and the Soviet interregnum: accelerating the demise of the communist empire -- Acceleration: tinkering around the edges, 1985-1986 -- Perestroika: systemic change, 1987-1989 -- The unintended consequences of radical transformation: losing control of the revolution and the collapse of the Soviet Union, 1990-1991 -- Reflections on predictive failures.