The Middle East: Evolving Strategies.

Abstract

The essay identifies evolving strategies in the Middle East and discusses exploitation opportunities, the Arab-Israeli dispute, inter Arab rivalries, growing Arab economic power, Suez Canal re-opening, military bases, oil and others - all strategic possibilities for Soviet expansion detente activities. Regional factors, economic and military, US, USSR and other world powers are discussed. Concentration focuses on the evolving strategies of economic pressure versus the force of arms and the mix of international techniques in a region where Egypt has twice in seven years attacked the state of Israel and the nations of this area have waged five wars in the past twenty-five years.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 04, 1975
Accession Number
ADA009930

Entities

People

  • William J. Murawski

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bodies Of Water
  • Canals
  • Geographic Regions
  • Middle East
  • Suez Canal

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union