1st Edition

Soviet Strategy in the Middle East

Edited By George W. Breslauer Copyright 1990
334 Pages
by Routledge

338 Pages
by Routledge

338 Pages
by Routledge

Few regions of the world are as politically turbulent as the Middle East, and nowhere is the potential for superpower conflict greater. How does the Soviet Union view the Middle east conflict? Can the USSR play a constructive role in the peace process? In this volume, first published in 1990, these questions and others central to an understanding of Soviet strategy in the region are addressed.... Read more

Part 1. Interpreting Soviet Strategy  1. On Collaborative Competition George W. Breslauer  2. Soviet Policy in the Middle East, 1967-72: Unalterable Antagonism or Collaborative Competition? George W. Breslauer  3. The Soviet Union and the Palestinian Issue Galia Golan  4. Soviet Behaviour toward the Lebanon War, 1982-84 Dennis B. Ross  5. The Soviet Union and the Iran-Iraq War, 1980-88 James Clay Moltz and Dennis B. Ross  6. Gorbachev’s Middle East Strategy Galia Golan  Part 2. The Sources of Soviet Strategy: Consensus and Conflict  7. Militants, Moderates and Centrists: Soviet Perspectives on the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1971-87 George W. Breslauer  8. The Soviet View of the US-Israeli Partnership Yaacov Ro’I  Part 3. Prospects for Superpower Cooperation  9. Perspectives on Superpower Crisis Management and Conflict Resolution in the Arab-Israeli Conflict Benjamin Miller  10. Learning, Politics and Interaction: Implications for Superpower Conflict Mitigation and Crisis Prevention George W. Breslauer.  Afterword, Fall 1988-Spring 1989 George W. Breslauer

Biography

George W. Breslauer