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Session Submission Type: Panel
After 1945, socialist foreign assistance prioritized ideological alliances and international solidarity. Under the banner of "socialist solidarity," developed socialist nations provided developmental aid, frequently in the form of industrial projects and cultural exchanges, to less technologically advanced countries in the Global South during the Cold War. High-tech, heavy industrial factories from the developed Soviet bloc, along with hundreds of thousands of specialists, writers, and workers, crossed borders to contribute to the modernization of recipient countries, effectively implementing socialist technology and knowledge transfer. However, this assistance operated within a hierarchical framework of socialist internationalism, consistently reflecting a blend of commercial, solidarity, and strategic-political motives. This panel will examine socialist assistance from a global perspective. By utilizing multilateral archival documents from the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, China, and the Global South, it will delve into the complex rationales of various actors, including policymakers, mid-level government officials, state-owned enterprises, specialists, writers, and workers. By exploring the dilemmas inherent in socialist assistance, this panel aims to contribute to the evolving scholarly discussion of socialist globalism and its limitations.
Soviet Experts and the Transformation of Socialism at East China Normal University - Li Ma, Sichuan U (China)
Socialist Offshore Company-Towns: Extractive Urbanism in Erdenet, Mongolia - Nikolay Erofeev, U of Kassel (Germany)
Penning a New World: Cross-Cultural Exchange and National Culture in the Asia-Africa Writers Conferences - Alice Volfson, Harvard U
The Dilemma of Socialist Industrial Relations: Sino-East German Oil Cooperation in the 1950s - Tao Chen, Tongji U (China)