Soviet Middle East-Mediterranean Frontier: Expansion and Security

Abstract

This memorandum examines Soviet political, economic and idealogical activity in the Middle East and views it as suggesting interest in a regional frontier which will serve both security and expansion functions. The Soviets appear to have added to their security by projecting their power, particularly military power, into the frontier zone; however, the price has been high in political and economic terms as well as in its potential for conflict. The author concludes that, as things stand now, Soviet expansion in the region has not conveyed as substantial measure of power nor increased Soviet security to a significant degree.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 20, 1978
Accession Number
ADA055770

Entities

People

  • William M. Stokes

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Cold War
  • Deterrence
  • Foreign Aid
  • Geographic Regions
  • Geography
  • Middle East
  • Military Assistance
  • Military Capabilities
  • Military Operations
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Security
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Library and Information Science
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.