Cold War of positions / Cold War of movement
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A distinction Vojtech Mastny uses to describe two tendencies in Soviet diplomacy in the mid-1950s. Molotov's Cold War of positions preserved established blocs and sought to weaken Western cohesion, while Khrushchev's Cold War of movement intervened in changing conditions through disarmament proposals and limited relaxation of tensions.
In depth
The distinction does not mean that the two men immediately pursued wholly separate diplomatic lines; it captures the interaction of continuity and adjustment within the post-Stalin leadership. Austrian neutrality, reconciliation with Yugoslavia, and new disarmament proposals illustrated movement, while the Warsaw Pact, formed in response to West German rearmament and NATO expansion, showed how the two tendencies could operate within the same conjuncture.
Sources
- Wikipedia (EN) (supports the Warsaw Pact's 1955 creation as a counterweight to NATO and the bloc framework)
- phpisn.ethz.ch (Vojtech Mastny, The Soviet Union and the Origins of the Warsaw Pact in 1955, supports the contrast between Molotov's Cold War of positions and Khrushchev's Cold War of movement, and connects disarmament, Austria, Yugoslavia, and the Warsaw Pact)
- brill.com (Vojtech Mastny, Russia's Road to the Cold War, bibliographic corroboration of Mastny's scholarly treatment of Soviet diplomacy)