1st Edition

The Decline Of The Soviet Union And The Transformation Of The Middle East

240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

For more than three decades, the Soviet Union was a major force in the Middle East, and superpower rivalry exacerbated many of the conflicts endemic to the region. The end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union have fundamentally altered the rules of the game in Middle East politics, producing a new fluidity in the region, new diplomatic alignments, and new opportunities for peace.... Read more
Introduction -- Soviet Foreign Policy in Transition -- Gorbachev's Middle East Policy: The Arab Dimension -- “New Political Thinking” and Soviet Policy Toward Regional Conflict in the Middle East: The Gulf Wars -- Soviet Foreign Policy Toward the United States and Israel in the Gorbachev Era: Jewish Emigration and Middle East Politics -- The Middle East in the New International Order: Gorbachev, the Russian Federation, and the Rediscovery of the United Nations -- The Internal Dimension -- C.I.S. R.I.P.? -- The New Muslim Nations of Central Asia -- External Actors -- Adjusting to a New World Order: The Palestine Liberation Organization and the Twilight of the Soviet Union -- Middle Eastern Responses to the Sea Change in Eastern Europe -- Beyond the "Terror Network": Eastern Europe and the Middle East -- The United States and the Soviet Union in the Middle East -- Conclusion: The Decline of the Soviet Union and a Transforming Middle East

Biography

David H. Goldberg, Paul Marantz