A View from the Rimland: An Appraisal of Soviet Interests and Involvement in the GulfCentre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, University of Durham, 1981 - 98 pages |
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Page 5
... major new initiatives in economic aid have been taken since 1973 , apart 23 from aid to Iraq in 1976 , worth an estimated $ 150 million . Similarly , Soviet military aid to the Gulf has risen dramatically , for , while the Gulf received ...
... major new initiatives in economic aid have been taken since 1973 , apart 23 from aid to Iraq in 1976 , worth an estimated $ 150 million . Similarly , Soviet military aid to the Gulf has risen dramatically , for , while the Gulf received ...
Page 35
... major states of the Gulf exceeded that of the states most lirectly involved in the Arab - Israeli conflict ( Figure 2 ) , and so the Gulf 134 became the scene of a major arms race . This event served to accentuate dramatically the ...
... major states of the Gulf exceeded that of the states most lirectly involved in the Arab - Israeli conflict ( Figure 2 ) , and so the Gulf 134 became the scene of a major arms race . This event served to accentuate dramatically the ...
Page 64
... major 246 diplomatic setback . " The upshot is a major change in the geopolitics of the region ( Figure 6 ) . Moving from a situation in 1970 , where CENTO acted as a solid barrier to expansion in the Gulf , the non - Arab northern tier ...
... major 246 diplomatic setback . " The upshot is a major change in the geopolitics of the region ( Figure 6 ) . Moving from a situation in 1970 , where CENTO acted as a solid barrier to expansion in the Gulf , the non - Arab northern tier ...
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Abir Afghanistan agreement aircraft allies American anti-Western Appendix Arab world Arab-Israeli Baghdad Bahrain border cent CENTO Central Intelligence Agency claims clearly CMEA communist conflict Consequently countries defence deliveries diplomatic economic Egypt embargo forces Furthermore global Gulf oil hard currency increased Indian Ocean initiatives International Iran Iran's Iranian revolution Iraq's Iraqi Islamic Israel July Kurds Kuwait London major McGwire McLaurin Middle East Middle Eastern million tonnes missiles Moscow Muslim nationalisation OAPEC oil and gas oil companies oil exports oil imports oil weapon oil-producing Oman op.cit OPEC PDRY Petroleum PFLOAG political ports production Red Sea regime region relations Rimland Ro'i Russian Saudi Arabia Shah's significance Soviet arms Soviet influence Soviet interest Soviet involvement Soviet military aid Soviet Navy Soviet oil Soviet policy Soviet trade Soviet Union Spechler strategic superpowers supply Syria Table Treaty Umm Qasr United USSR Washington D.C. West Western oil Yodfat