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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... Political Interests Soviet - American and Soviet - Chinese relations , as well as Soviet activities in the rest of the Middle East , generate two self - evident Persian / Arabian Gulf political interests , which together enhance ...
... Political Interests Soviet - American and Soviet - Chinese relations , as well as Soviet activities in the rest of the Middle East , generate two self - evident Persian / Arabian Gulf political interests , which together enhance ...
Page 36
... political and economic initiatives now lay with the states of the Gulf rather than with the superpowers . These states now had the abilit to play one superpower off against another in the event of having their demands for sophisticated ...
... political and economic initiatives now lay with the states of the Gulf rather than with the superpowers . These states now had the abilit to play one superpower off against another in the event of having their demands for sophisticated ...
Page 51
... political chaos could well be filled by elements sympathetic to the Soviet Union and hostile to the West . Even before the Shah was threatened , the political tide throughout the ' arc ' could have been construed as running in Moscow's ...
... political chaos could well be filled by elements sympathetic to the Soviet Union and hostile to the West . Even before the Shah was threatened , the political tide throughout the ' arc ' could have been construed as running in Moscow's ...
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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