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Soviet – Afghan Relations From Cooperation to Occupation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2009

Alam Payind
Alam Payind
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Middle Eastern Studies CenterThe Ohis State University
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In the field of international relations, the 1979 Soviet occupation of Afghanistan has raised major issues concerning regional security and superpower relations. By introducing Soviet military forces in a traditionally nonaligned country, the Kremlin initiated a more aggressive pattern in its foreign policies. This occupation was the Soviet Union's first territorial expansion by direct use of military power since World War II.

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International Journal of Middle East Studies , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , February 1989 , pp. 107 - 128
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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NOTES

Author's note: The manuscript of this article was accepted by IJMES in August of 1988.

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