Study title

Judgement on American and Soviet foreign policy as well as the competition between the great powers. Topics: Most important domestic and foreign policy problems; perceived changes in the relations between the great powers; attitude to selected countries and politicians; preferred East-West orientation of one´s own country; the peace efforts of China; danger of war; assessment of the credibility of the foreign policy of the USSR and the western powers as well as the seriousness of the disarmament efforts of the great powers; principle agreement of one´s own country with the interests of the USA, the USSR, Great Britain, France and China; expected development of agreement between the USSR and China; expected development of the economic and military competition between the great powers; contribution of NATO to European security; NATO contribution of one´s own country; trust in NATO; judgement on the result of the Paris summit conference and assessment of the readiness of the participants to make concessions; attitude to concessions by the western powers in the Berlin question; comparison of current status and future development of science, the military, the standard of living, industrial and agricultural production, welfare, technology, medicine and space flight in the USA and the USSR; assessment of the steadfastness of the American as well as Soviet population in the respective basic ideas and assessment of the readiness of the peoples to make an effort for this conviction; judgement on the prospects for the future of the two economic systems; frequency of watching television in the evening hours; TV possession; number of adults watching television in the afternoon as well as in the evening; going to the movies; assessment of the influence of foreign films on one´s own country; impression of Americans (tourists, students, business people, musicians, politicians) who have been in one´s country; assessment of the influence of American magazines, books, films,...