The Soviet Union in the Middle East¡¯£Ü¡¢ ¡£ ¡ñ Ever since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan£¬Western analysts have been Involved in an intensive effort to decipher the motivations and Ionger¡ªterm implications of this action£®What iS the basis of Soviet policy towards the Middle East?What are Moscow¡¯S ambitions not only in the Northern Tier states ofTurkey£¬ I ran andAfghanIstan£®butalsointheArabworld andtheHornofAfrica?Whata re the polltical£¬economIC and miIitary dimensions of Soviet policy£¬and to what extent does the KremIin use its Cuban and East European allies as proxies for the pursult of Its own objectives in the a rea£®These and many other important and tlmely questions are addressed in this major study from the RoyaIInstitute of InternationaI Affairs in London£® 1 he book arose out of the meetings of the Institute¡¯S study grouP on Soviet policy in the Middle East£¬which included specialists from government£® universities£¬Industry£¬bankIng and jOUrnaIism£®Discussion was based on papers which dealt with the political£¬economic£¬miIitary and strategic aspects of Soviet policy£¬and It IS these papers whIch were thoroughly revised and extended to form the cOntributiOns to this volume£® 1 he contrIbuto rs are estabIished figU res in both Soviet and Middle Eastern studles£¬and a major distInguIshing feature of the VOIume is that each author iS concerned to address an audlence broader than that of hiS or her own speciaIist tield¡ªwhetherltbeeconomiCS£¬politicsor strategy£®Atthe sametime£®theessays a re aimed to provide not only reflections and analysis but also detailed Intormation about the background and CU rrent state of Soviet pOIicV£® 1 he book WlII be of vaIue£¬therefore£¬to advanced underg raduates£®post¡ª g raduates and academICS both in internationaI relations and in the contemporary poIitics and economICS of the Soviet Union and the Middle East£®More broadIy£®it WlII be a SOU rce of Information and insightforofficials£¬politicians£¬iOUrnaIists and others with a serious interest in this vital subject£® ¡£
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