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Soviet Policy toward Southwest Asia

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  • AMIN SAIKAL

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This article analyzes changing Soviet foreign policy toward Southwest Asia, mainly Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan. The region is important to Soviet security and strategic interests, and Soviet policy toward the region has been consistently cautious, far-sighted, flexible, and shrewd. Moscow avoids serious risks and adjusts quickly to changing conditions. The USSR is interested in widening and protecting its interests in Southwest Asia in order to achieve regional capability and to influence events beyond the region.

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  • Amin Saikal, 1985. "Soviet Policy toward Southwest Asia," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 481(1), pages 104-116, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:481:y:1985:i:1:p:104-116
    DOI: 10.1177/0002716285481001010
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