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1 online resource (554 pages) |
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Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Ser |
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Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Ser
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1 Sources of Messianism and pragmatism; 2 The rise and fall of Nikita S. Khrushchev; 3 Up the down staircase: the era of Leonid Brezhnev; The defeat that turned into success; The Middle East in Soviet military strategy; A semi-victory turned into defeat; Sliding downhill; Lost opportunities; The human dimension; 4 â#x80;#x9C;Ardent revolutionaries, loyal friendsâ#x80;#x9D;; the USSR and the Communist movement; 5 An exotic flower of Arabia; 6 Through the looking glass, or the decision-making process |
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Quadrangle: Ministry of Foreign Affairs â#x80;#x93; International Department of the Central Committee â#x80;#x93; State Security Committee â#x80;#x93; Ministry of DefencePersonalities in big politics; Diplomats: Their pluses, minuses, capabilities; 7 Afghanistan: Russiaâ#x80;#x99;s unhealed wound; â#x80;#x9C;Cannot lose Afghanistanâ#x80;#x9D;; â#x80;#x9C;History gives no answerâ#x80;#x9D;; The logic of the fateful decision; Seeking a solution; 8 Messianism in decline: the time of Mikhail Gorbachev; 9 Foreign policy and domestic policy: the USSR, Israel and the Palestinians; 10 Storms in alien deserts; 11 Cursed Nineties; Ignore not interfere .. |
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The Madrid process and the fate of the â#x80;#x9C;mother of all conflictsâ#x80;#x9D;Russiaâ#x80;#x93;Israel: â#x80;#x9C;Friendshipâ#x80;#x9D; with reservations; The minefields of Iraq; Turkey: a privileged trade partner; Difficult movement towards each other; A desirable partner; 12 To return, but how?; The attempts to keep Iraq as a partner; The years and the fruit of real pragmatism: Russian-Turkish relations; â#x80;#x9C;A good neighbour, but neighbours are not chosenâ#x80;#x9D;: the Russian Federation and Iran; Afghanistan: far, but in some ways close; Russia and the countries of the Arabian Peninsula: certain progress |
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A partnership but not an alliance (Russia and Egypt in the 2000s)â#x80;#x9C;Russiaâ#x80;#x99;s main trump card in the Middle Eastâ#x80;#x9D;; 13 The children devour their revolutions; Revolutions with the face of Facebook or simply a â#x80;#x9C;fitnaâ#x80;#x9D;?; Causes, driving forces, effects; Country specifics; The role of personalities; What did the â#x80;#x9C;Washington Province Party Committeeâ#x80;#x9D; do?; What about Russia?; The special relation with Egypt; 14 The Syrian tragedy: the birth of the monsters; The vicious circle of violence; Small and big monsters; Regional and global actors; What was there for Russia to do? |
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Attempts to organize the process of political settlementPoison gases; An attempt of intra-Syrian dialogue: Geneva II; The UN Security Council: four vetoes and a few joint resolutions; Demonization of Bashar Asad: OHCHR and Western media; Terrorism: â#x80;#x9C;Extremistsâ#x80;#x9D; and â#x80;#x9C;moderatesâ#x80;#x9D;; The cancerous tumour and its metastases; 15 The argument of the Aerospace Forces; Two sides of the same coin; At war as at war; Victory? No. Negotiations; Russia â#x80;#x93; Turkey â#x80;#x93; Kurds; Aleppo; Conclusion; Index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Diplomatic relations
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Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- Middle East
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Middle East -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
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Russia (Federation) -- Foreign relations -- Middle East
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Middle East -- Foreign relations -- Russia (Federation)
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Middle East
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Russia (Federation)
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Soviet Union
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351348874 |
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1351348876 |
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