The appeal of appearing green: Soviet-American ideological competition and Cold War environmental diplomacy |
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Authors: | Stephen Brain |
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Institution: | Department of History, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, US |
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Abstract: | This paper argues that the Cold War, for all its environmental costs, brought in its train a hidden benefit: the creation of an international ideological competition that made meaningful environmental agreements more likely. After reviewing the history of Soviet environmental initiatives, the paper discusses the rise of international environmental agreements and the abrupt decline after 1991. |
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