Red Star Reflected: Regional Perspectives of Soviet Involvement in the Middle East

Abstract

Understanding of the Soviet Role in the Middle East is crucial to U. S. interests in the region. Key to this understanding is the decades-long relationship between the peoples of the region and the Kremlin's representatives, a relationship characterized by clear regional advocacy of self-interests and repeated examples of area independence countering Soviet desires. While Gorbachev was to repudiate many of the unsuccessful Soviet policies of the past, the latest Gulf War between Iraq and the U.S.-led Coalition forces once again confirms the long history of regional rejection of Kremlin Middle East goals and interests.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 15, 1991
Accession Number
ADA237061

Entities

People

  • Edward O. Walsh

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Civil War
  • Communism
  • Department Of Defense
  • Foreign Policy
  • Governments
  • International Relations
  • Middle East
  • Persian Gulf
  • Political Systems
  • Second World War
  • Security
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • War
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Systems Analysis and Design