Asia In Soviet Global Strategy

by Ray S. Cline (Editor)

Overview

This book, the final report of the Soviet Global Strategy Project, describes the USSR's basic approach to the many states in Asia and the Pacific Basin, including nations stretching from Japan to Australia.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367164133
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/31/2022
Pages:	202
Product dimensions:	5.75(w) x 8.75(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ray S. Cline. Chairman, United States Global Strategy Council, Washington, D.C.; Professor of International Relations, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.; former Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State; former Deputy Director for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency. Roger E. Kanet. Professor and Head, Political Science Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Sovietologist specializing in Soviet foreign policy. James Arnold Miller. Executive Director, United States Global Strategy Council, Washington, D.C.; Chairman, Interaction Systems Incorporated, Vienna, Virginia; Editor, Alert Letter on the Availability of Raw Materials; former counterintelligence officer, U.S. Air Force.

Table of Contents

Preface — Introduction to Basic Soviet Geopolitics — Nature of Soviet Global Strategy — Awakening of Soviet Interest in Asia — Soviet Collective Security Pacts — Growth of Soviet Military Power in Asia — Buildup of Soviet Naval Power in Asia — Increase of Soviet Economic Relations in Asia — Soviet Military Strategy in East Asia — Political Aspect of Soviet Strategy in East Asia — Basic Soviet Strategy Toward Japan — Japan's Defense of Home Islands and Waters — Soviet Strategic Objectives on the Korean Peninsula — Development of Strategy in Sino-Soviet Relations — Soviet Strategic Concerns in Southeast Asia — Assessment of Soviet Priorities in Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania — Growing Soviet Interest in South Asia — Soviet Inroads to the Persian Gulf States — Outlook for the Pacific Basin