36 SOCIAL SCIENTIST critique and rebuttal of Volkav and Popov, see Kartik Rai's three-part article in People's Democracy, Delhi, Feb. 12, Feb. 19 and Feb. 26,1989. 12. Ibid./ p. 109. 13. Ibid. 14. Ibid., p. 111. 15. Ibid., p. 116. 16. Ibid. 17. A. Kozyrev, 'Confidence and the Balance of Interests', International Affairs, 11, Moscow, 1988, p. 11. 18. The Programme of the CPSU (New Edition) Moscow, 1986, p. 21. 19. Ibid., p. 71. 20. Quoted in the 'CPI(M) Central Committee Resolution: On Certain Ideological Questions/ The Marxist, Vol. 6, No. 2, New Delhi, April-June, 1988, p. 4. 21. Ibid., p. 17. 22. M.S. Gorbachev, October and Perestroika, 1987, p. 64. 23. M.S. Gorbachev, Report to the 19th All-Union Party Conference, Moscow, 1988, p. 30. 24. Ibid. 25. Ibid., p. 33. 26. A. Kozyr writes in the article cited earlier (see footnote 17) that'. . . following the "anti-imperialist struggle" logic we have, contrary to our national interests, let ourselves get involved in the arms race ...' The new perception of Soviet 'national interest' embodied in the new thinking encourages Soviet disengagement from the struggle against imperialism. 27. Gus Hall, 'The World We Preserve Must be Livable', in The Marxist, Vol. 6, No. 2, New Delhi, April-June 88, pp. 58-67.