Soviet students held nationalistic biases favoring their own superpower

Evidence

The Soviet students were inclined to blame both superpowers for the nuclear arms race, but especially the United States (item 34). They also thought that Soviet leaders were more interested in peace and freedom around the world than American leaders were (item 35) and that Soviet peace and disarmament proposals were more sincere (item 36). They doubted either country would launch a surprise nuclear attack against the other, but they still thought the United States was more likely to do such a thing than the Soviet Union was (item 39), And they doubted either government cared much about the people whose countries it invaded, especially the U.S. government (item 40). — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 1637