In the aftermath of the referendum on the future of the U.S.S.R., many Soviets and Americans seem to agree that reform is dead, or at least dying. They cite the troubles besetting perestroika, new limits on glasnost, the growing role of the military and the KGB in domestic politics, and an overall shift to the right. Pessimists talk as though there were only two alternatives: the disintegration of the country or the return of totalitarianism. In fact, while each nightmare scenario is plausible, a third, far happier outcome is still possible. Indeed, it could come about as a result of the...
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