...government in the Western hemisphere."52 The Brezhnev Doctrine states that each of the socialist countries "is responsible not only to its own people, but also to all the socialist countries . . . ." Therefore none of the socialist countries can exercise its full sovereign rights in a way...

...the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 and was taken to mean that each communist party was' responsible not only to its own people but also to all the socialist countries, that the sovereignty of individual socialist countries was of lesser importance than the interests...

...Soviet Union and National Liberation Movements in the Third World (1988). socialism in their own country nor the worldwide workers' movement, which is waging...the entire Communist movement. Whoever forgets this in placing sole emphasis on the autonomy and independence of Communist Parties lapses into one-sidedness,...

...nor the fundamental interest of other socialist countries nor the worldwide workers' movement. . . . This means that every Communist Party is responsible...people but also to all the socialist countries and the entire communist movement."68 The US also saw the world as interconnected not only by American...

...country's path of development. However, any decision of theirs must damage neither socialism in their country nor the fundamental interests of the other...the entire Communist movement. Whoever forgets this in placing sole emphasis on the autonomy and independence of Communist Parties lapses into one-sidedness,...

...whole movement towatd democracy, which is working for human rights. This means that each free society is responsible not only to its own people, but also to all the democratic countries, to the entire cause of human rights. Whoever forgets this, is stressing only...

...waging a struggle for socialism. This means that every Communist Party is responsible not only for its own people but also to all the socialist countries and to the entire communist movement . . . Just as, in VI. Lenin's words, someone living in a society cannot be free of that society, so...

...intervene in the affairs of other Communist states to protect socialist interests. The doctrine stated that "every Communist party is responsible not only...socialist countries and to the entire communist movement." The socialist commonwealth was one bloc, supported by the power of the Soviet Union and its armed forces....

...Soviets with the Brezhnev Doctrine, which proclaimed that "every Communist party" in every country "is responsible not only to its own people but also...Socialist countries and to the entire Communist movement." In other words, political behavior was to serve the "fundamental interest" of world communism as defined...

...worldwide workers movement, which is waging a struggle for socialism. This means that every Communist Parry is responsible not only to its own people but also...the entire Communist movement. Whoever forgets this in placing sole emphasis on the autonomy and independence of Communist Parties lapses into one side...