China’s Political Reforms in the Early 21^st Century by Nguyen Xuan Сuong

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INNOVATIVE IDEA OR UTOPIA: THE ECONOMIC VIEWS OF RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARY DEMOCRATS by M. Rybina

“…In many ways, political and socio-economic life of the young socialist State demonstrated the embodiment of ideas, which for decades have been formed under the socialist utopian thought domestic revolutionary democrats.…”
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Discovering a Young State: Foreign Sports Delegations in the USSR during the 1920s by A. M. Glushich

“…When executed well, these visits garnered positive international feedback, thereby enhancing the USSR's global prestige as the inaugural socialist state. This became the primary objective of Soviet sports diplomacy in the late 1920s, marking a significant stride in breaking through international isolation.However, these visits were not without limitations and challenges. …”
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Soviet Russia/the USSR and transformation of the international relations system in the first half of the 1920s by E. V. Romanova

“…While the largest European states, Great Britain and Germany in particular, were interested in involving the Soviet state in the system of trade and economic relations (to get access to its resources in order to restore their own economies, and to open up the prospect of transforming the Soviet system towards capitalism), the Soviet leaders considered access to the European market as a necessary condition for the industrialization which was seen as the key to survival of the first socialist state in a hostile capitalist environment. In this regard the author notes that although Soviet Russia advocated for the revolutionary transformation of the entire IR system, she was unable to enforce it and eventually turned into a status quo power. …”
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