Soviet Involvement in the Middle East: Policy Formulation, 1966-1973

ISBN-13: 9780367303686 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 273 str.

Ilana Kass

Opis

liana Kass examines Soviet foreign policy formulation and the activities of policy-relevant groups in the stages preceding and following the formal adoption of decisions. Soviet involvement in the Middle East in the crucial period 1966–1973 is used as a case study.

Spis treści

Preface -- Introduction -- At the Crossroads -- The Syrian Coup d’Etat of February 1966 -- The Lingering Debate -- Divergences Intensify within the Framework of Involvement -- Debate over Problems of Conflict and Settlement -- Doctrine versus Pragmatism -- Convergence and Polarization within the Soviet Leadership -- From Involvement to Commitment -- The Trade Union Organ -- Epilogue -- Divergences between Institutions or within Institutions? -- Toward A New Model of Soviet Decision Making

O autorze

Ilana Kass is an analyst with the Soviet and East European Research Center of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and a research fellow at the Davis Institute of International Relations. Dr. Kass is editor of a bimonthly bulletin on the Soviet Union and the Arab-Israeli conflict, and her articles on the Soviet Union and the Middle East have appeared in Soviet Union, Ost Europa, and Soviet Studies.