Soviet Policy Towards South Asia Since 1970

Klappentext This book traces the evolution of Soviet thinking about South Asia and the Third World from 1970 to the present! and examines how Soviet policy objectives changed during that period. Zusammenfassung This book traces the evolution of Soviet thinking about South Asia and the Third World from 1970 to the present! and examines how Soviet policy objectives changed during that period. The author offers a unique view of Soviet policy toward a region of particularly unstable states! and addresses all the political! military and economic issues involved. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: South Asia in the USSR's Third World policy; 2. Soviet perceptions of the Third World and South Asia; 3. The Soviet Union in South Asia: objectives and instruments; 4. Stability and change in Soviet-South Asian relations, 1970-1978; 5. Soviet-South Asian relations in the wake of Afghanistan, 1978-1985; 6. Soviet policy towards South Asia in the Gorbachev era; 7. Conclusion; Notes; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Linda Racioppi, Linda (Michigan State University) Racioppi
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.01.2008
• EAN: 9780521055024
• ISBN: 978-0-521-05502-4
• No. of pages: 252
• Series: Cambridge Russian, Soviet and
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education