I see conflicting arguments about the matter.
It's about at least every quarter-year or so that I ask some kind of question about how the USSR could have gone differently in some way.
I see conflicting arguments about the matter.
It's about at least every quarter-year or so that I ask some kind of question about how the USSR could have gone differently in some way.
probably not, Dengism began in the context of the Sino-Soviet split, investment and cooperation with the PRC was seen as countering Soviet power. simply doing market-reforms without attracting foreign investment wasn't going to replicate the success of the PRC, and there was no reason for an economic normalisation with the USSR from the US perspective, unless someone else became more threatening (China?, lol)