Külpolitika - A Magyar Külügyi Intézet elméleti-politikai folyóirata - 1976 (3. évfolyam)

1976 / 1. szám - A tanulmányok orosz és angol nyelvű tartalmi kivonata

research into international power relations. At the present stage the opposition between monopoly capitalism and the proletariat constitutes the class import of the contradictions in the international field. The article surveys bourgeois interpretations of the notions of power and force, and expounds the Marxist—Leninist point of view. The bourgeois view is that the international power struggle is psychologically motivated, and that power is the ultimate objective of international affairs. A monistic approach to society is generally rejected, and the class content of power is left out of account.

The Marxist—Leninist view is that there is no power in a monopoly position that bears concrete characteristics on the international scene. It follows of the international character of the class struggle that the aim is the world-wide victory of the working class over the bourgeoisie. In the course of the fight existing socialism, that is the growing socialist system, appears as an active political, economic and ideological power. There are thus two powers on the world scene that essentially differ in character and aims: socialism and capitalism. A power struggle goes on between them within the comprehensive framework of the international class-struggle.

The article rejects the bourgeois interpretations connected with a balance of powers or an equilibrium of super-powers. The author establishes that, starting with the coming into being of the first socialist state, the world turned into a bi-polar (socialist and capitalist) system, in which a dynamic equilibrium prevails. The category of international power relations refers to the mutual interrelation and interconnection of every class-power. In a narrower sense it refers to the mutual relationship between the states and alliances of the two antagonistic social systems.

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