Vestnik RUDN. International RelationsVestnik RUDN. International RelationsВестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Международные отношения2313-06602313-0679федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Российский университет дружбы народов имени Патриса Лумумбы» (РУДН)1588610.22363/2313-0660-2017-17-1-162-174HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSИСТОРИЯ МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫХ ОТНОШЕНИЙ双方关系历史Research ArticleDe-stalinisation of soviet foreign policy towards Indonesia: reviewing the feasibility of the theory of foreign policy changeДесталинизация внешней политики СССР по отношению к Индонезии в рамках теории изменения внешней политикиDharmaputraRadityoДармапутраРадитиоradityo.dharmaputra@fisip.unair.ac.idUniversitas AirlanggaУниверситет Аирланга15122017171International organizations and Non-Western WorldМеждународные организации и незападный мир16217425042017Copyright ©; 2017, Dharmaputra R.Copyright ©; 2017, Дармапутра Р.2017Dharmaputra R.Дармапутра Р.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/15886This paper re-evaluates the changing policies of the Soviet Union towards Indonesia during the era of Joseph Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev, by applying the contemporary theory of foreign policy change. After discussing the debates revolving around the theory of foreign policy change from Gustavsson and Hermann, this paper contends that if there were any changes, then the causal factors would likely be the interplay between the domestic factors and international factors, as Putnam has argued. This finding enhances the understanding that the domestic de-Stalinisation process undergone during Khrushchev’s era was not the only factor that might affect Soviet’s foreign policy. By using the case of Indonesia as the representation of the developing countries, the author shows that both sets of factors affected the changing policy. However, author also found that the systemic condition of the Cold War, namely the contestation between the US and USSR, was more influential than the domestic condition. This paper contributes to the deeper understanding of Soviet-Indonesia relations, the effect of domestic de-Stalinisation to foreign policy, and the feasibility of applying current theory of foreign policy change to an historical case.В рамках данной статьи анализируются изменения политики Советского Союза по отношению к Индонезии в период правления Иосифа Сталина и Никиты Хрущева сквозь призму современной теории изменения внешней политики. Автор статьи поддерживает точку зрения Патнэма, что в случае каких-либо изменений причины, вероятно, следует искать во взаимодействии внутренних и международных факторов. Данное исследование совершенствует понимание, что внутриполитический процесс десталинизации в период Хрущева был не единственным фактором, который мог повлиять на внешнюю политику СССР. На примере Индонезии как развивающейся страны автор демонстрирует, что оба набора факторов влияли на изменение политики. Тем не менее, в работе утверждается, что системное состояние холодной войны, а именно борьба между США и СССР, оказывало большее влияние, чем внутренняя обстановка. Данная работа способствует более глубокому пониманию советско-индонезийских отношений, влияния десталинизации на внешнюю политику СССР, а также раскрывает возможность применения современной теории изменения внешней политики в рамках конкретного исторического примера.de-StalinisationSoviet foreign policytheory of foreign policy changeIndonesiadomestic factorsinternational factorsдесталинизациясоветская внешняя политикатеория изменения внешней политикиИндонезиявнутренние факторымеждународные факторы1.Armstrong, J. A. (1965). The Domestic Roots of Soviet Foreign Policy. International Affairs (Royal Institute of International Affairs), 41(1), 37-472.Boden, R. (2007). The 'Gestapu' events of 1965 in Indonesia: New evidence from Russian and German archives. 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