苏联对1989年东欧共产主义政权崩溃的容忍,必定被看作是导致冷战结束的最重要事件。它有力地证明了苏联内部正在进行重大调整。直到那时,米哈伊尔·戈尔巴乔夫(Mikhail Gorbachev)改革的重要性仍在很多方面备受质疑,而苏联在1989年东欧事件中的表现,成为对其“新思维”外交政策的最佳现实检验。 The Soviet Union’s tolerance of the collapse of the communist regime in Eastern Europe in 1989 must surely be regarded as the most important incident leading to the end of the cold war. It strongly proved that major adjustments are taking place within the Soviet Union. Until then, the importance of the reform of Mikhail Gorbachev was still questioned in many aspects. The performance of the Soviet Union in the events of Eastern Europe in 1989 turned out to be “new thinking” The best realistic test of foreign policy.