Domestic Determinants of Soviet Foreign Policy towards South Asia and the Middle East

by Hafeez Malik

Overview

A collective endeavour of scholars highlighting some of the significant domestic determinants of Soviet foreign policy. There is a general consensus that policy makers are influenced by Islam, the Soviet-Central Asian nationalities, oil and geography.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349113200
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/1990
Edition description:	1st ed. 1990
Pages:	332
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Domestic determinants of Soviet foreign policy, Hafeez Malik; ethnic factor in the Soviet armed forces and its implications for Soviet national security policy, Joseph J.Collins; Soviet Central Asia - ethnic dilemmas and strategies, Martha Brill Olcott; Soviet perception of militant Islam, Marie Broxup; foreign policy and decision-making process in the Soviet Union, Melvin A. Goodman; Soviet strategic interests in South Asia - domestic determinants and global dimensions, Lawrence Ziring; Soviet relations with India and Pakistan and the Afghan problem, Vladimir Moskalenko et al; Soviet-Indian strategic partnership, Surjit Mansingh; Pakistan's troubled relations with the Soviet Union, Hafeez Malik; Soviet relations with Afghanistan - the current dynamic, Anthony Arnold; Soviet strategic interests in the Middle East, Alvin Z. Rubinstein; Soviet foreign policy and revolutionary Iran - continuity and change, R.K.Ramazani; Soviet policy for the Gulf Arab States, Joseph Wright Twinam; Soviet policy in the Arab-Israeli conflict - navigating a sea change, Augustus Richard Norton; Soviet policy towards Egypt and Syria since Camp David, Helena Cobban; Soviet relations with South Asia and the Middle East - an assessment, Kail C.Ellis; US foreign policy options.