Editing Sinatra Doctrine (section)

{{Short description|Joke slogan describing the loosening of relations between the USSR and satellite states}}
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The '''Sinatra Doctrine''' was a [[Soviet foreign policy]] under [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] for allowing [[Member state|member states]] of the [[Warsaw Pact]] to determine their own [[Domestic policy|domestic affairs]]. The name humorously alluded to the song "[[My Way]]" popularized by [[Frank Sinatra]]—the [[Soviet Union]] was allowing these states to go their own way. Its implementation was part of Gorbachev's doctrine of [[new political thinking]].