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The Sea is Red: The Sino-Soviet Rivalry and Its Naval Dimension
May 1, 1984
This paper reviews current dynamics of the Sino-Soviet conflict from the maritime perspective.
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THE FRENCH STRATEGIC DILEMMA
April 1, 1984
This paper identifies a basic strategic dilemma for France - on the one hand, French leaders identify the political purpose of nuclear weapons as the defense of French territory; on the other hand, a number of external pressures are inducing a need for France to provide a more explicit definition of the role of French nuclear weapons in the West European security system.
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REVOLUTION FROM A F.A.R. - THE CUBAN ARMED FORCES IN AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST
March 1, 1984

This paper provides a close look at Cuban military missions overseas.

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Naval Reserve Forces Throughout the World
February 1, 1984
This paper looks at the components of the U.S. Naval Reserve, and makes comparisons of active/reserve force mixes among the U.S. and twenty other countries with large navies.
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FRENCH NUCLEAR FORCES IN THE 1980S AND 1990S
November 1, 1983
This paper examines France's tactical and strategic nuclear policies, and analyzes the changes which French nuclear forces are likely to undergo in the 1980s and 1990s.
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THE SOVIET SHIFT IN EMPHASIS FROM NUCLEAR TO CONVENTIONAL; THE LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE
August 1, 1983
Examines shifts in the Soviet perspective on long-term military development, and discusses the doctrinal realization of these shifting perspectives in the course of successive five-year plans.
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SOVIET TACTICS FOR WARFARE AT SEA; TWO DECADES OF UPHEAVAL
August 1, 1983
This paper focuses primarily on the development of Soviet views of anti-surface warfare. The period with which the analysis deals begins in the early 1960s and provides the background on how the arrival of nuclear missile weapons changed some basic tenets of Soviet naval tactics.
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Power Grows out of the Barrel of a Gunboat: The U.S. in Sino-Soviet Crises
June 1, 1983
This paper examines means by which the U.S. can influence Sino-Soviet crises and orchestrate its politico-military instruments, especially naval ones, in such crises.
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THE EVOLUTION OF SOVIET REQUIREMENTS FOR NAVAL FORCES--SOLVING THE PROBLEMS OF THE EARLY 1960S
January 1, 1983
This paper clarifies the linkages between Soviet Naval intentions and the capabilities they acquire to implement them, and examines the role U.S. actions appear to have played in the evolution of Soviet intentions and capabilities.
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