Soviet Perceptions of Saudi Arabia and Iran January--June, 1983

Abstract

This essay is concerned chiefly with exploring Soviet perceptions of Saudi Arabia and Iran during the first half of 1983, with a view towards identifying the motivations underlying Moscow's policies toward those states. The rationale for focusing on these countries is that both play key roles in the region, and therefore any nation attempting to shape events there, including the superpowers, and perhaps especially they, must necessarily try to deal with the problems and/or opportunities presented by these two states. The latter, however, do not exist in a vacuum. Therefore, some of the activities of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Jordan and Syria are discussed briefly to flesh out somewhat the context within Moscow, Riyadh and Teheran were pursuing their policies towards each other and the region as a whole.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1985
Accession Number
ADA165632

Entities

People

  • Herbert L. Sawyer

Organizations

  • Harvard University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Classification
  • Foreign Policy
  • Governments
  • Identification
  • Middle East
  • Motivation
  • Negotiations
  • New York
  • Perception
  • Recognition
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Security
  • Terrorists
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Ussr

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security
  • Theoretical Analysis.