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Soviet Perspectives on French Security Policy: A Reader
April 1, 1986
While much attention is paid in the United States to Soviet perspectives on U.S. security policy, less is known about contemporary Soviet thinking about European security issues. This memorandum is a collection of original translations of the more authoritative Soviet journals, newspapers and monographs. The selections provide an overview of how the Soviets have analyzed European security issues, with special emphasis on the French role in European security.
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Dragon at Sea: China's Navy in Strategy and Diplomacy
December 1, 1985
The prospects for Sino-U.S. naval relations from a strategic perspective are examined. The status of China's navy as a fighting force and efforts to modernize that force are reviewed. The paper also looks at China's navy in regional security issues affecting Southeast Asia, Taiwan, and the Indian Ocean. Finally, in discussing Sino-U.S. naval relations specifically, the paper concludes that some cooperation between the U.S. and Chinese navies seems to be in the interest of 'peace and stability' in the Pacific. Whether the U.S. and China can surmount their differences to achieve some limited military (including naval) relationship remains an open question.
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MARE MOSSO: The Mediterranean Theater
November 1, 1984
This paper assesses the strategic perspective from the Mediterranean in the mid-eighties in light of the changing political and military situation in the Mediterranean considered per se and relative to other regions.
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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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ROLES AND MISSIONS OF SOVIET NAVAL GENERAL PURPOSE FORCES IN WARTIME: PRO SSBN OPERATIONS?
February 1, 1981
This paper deals with the relationship between general purpose forces force levels and capabilities and the nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine security issue from the Soviet point of view.
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CHANGES IN SOVIET NAVAL FORCES
February 1, 1981

This paper discusses the changes in Soviet naval forces drawing on a book by Admiral Sergei Gorshkov and articles originally published in Morskoi sbornik.

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A Somewhat Different View of the Optimal Naval Posture
February 1, 1981

This paper discusses how U.S. naval forces are deployed rather than how they are constituted. Emphasis is on deployment in the Mediterranean.

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SOVIET NAVAL OPERATIONS - TEN YEARS OF CHANGE
February 1, 1981
This paper describes the expansion of Soviet naval operations from 1964 to 1974.
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A Review of James Cable, Gunboat Diplomacy: Political Applications of Limited Naval Force
June 1, 1974
This paper reviews James Cable's book on 'gunboat' diplomacy. The reviewer contends that Cable tries to show the way toward peace in the context of the current international system by putting 'the genie of limited war back into the bottle.'
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The Soviet Naval Presence During the Iraq-Kuwaiti Border Dispute: March-April 1973
June 1, 1974
This paper analyzes the objectives and implications of the Soviet naval visit to Iraq during the 1973 Iraq-Kuwaiti border dispute. Events which occurred prior to the arrival of the Soviets are also reviewed. Supersedes 05 740233.20
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