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THE TURKISH STRAITS AND THE SOVIET NAVY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
May 1, 1982
This paper examines how the Soviets have designed their patterns of operations in the Mediterranean in order to overcome the barriers of the Montreux Convention and Balkran land masses.
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Yugoslavia and the Soviet Policy of Force in the Mediterranean Since 1961
October 1, 1981
This paper describes and analyzes the politico-military cooperation between Belgrade and Moscow after 1961, and the changing attitudes and policies of Yugoslavia toward the Soviet and U.S./NATO military presence.
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AN (THE?) EXPLANATION OF THE SOVIET INVASION OF AFGHANISTAN
June 1, 1981
This paper provides a brief description of the problems facing any analysis of Soviet intentions. The context in which the actions under examination took place is sketched out. A review of the course of events in Afghanistan and the role apparently played by the Soviets there is provided. Subsequently, the motivations judged most likely to have precipitated the invasion are outlined. A brief treatment of some of the implications of this conclusion is included and a listing and evaluation of other, less plausible explanations of the Soviet decision to invade are appended.
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THE SOVIET UNION'S QUEST FOR ACCESS TO NAVAL FACILITIES IN EGYPT PRIOR TO THE JUNE WAR OF 1967
February 1, 1981
This paper describes methods employed by the Soviets to gain access to naval facilities in Egypt before the June War of 1967. The study also seeks to explain why the U.S.S.R. perceived a need for the facilities, and, identifies landmarks in the Soviet effort to obtain access to them.
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FRENCH NAVAL POLICY OUTSIDE OF EUROPE
February 1, 1981
This paper provides a detailed discussion on the concept of 'indirect strategy' and how this concept has affected French deterrence theory.
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MILITARY POLITICAL TASKS OF THE SOVIET NAVY IN WAR AND PEACE
February 1, 1981
This paper presents an analysis of a series of eleven articles by Fleet Admiral of the Soviet Union S.G. Gorshkov. The position is taken that the articles reflect a Soviet political decision to withhold a substantial portion of their submarine launched ballistic missiles from the initial strikes in order to carry out 'deterrence' in war, conduct intra-war bargaining, and influence the peace talks at the end of the war.
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SOVIET POLICY IN THE HORN OF AFRICA: THE DECISION TO INTERVENE
February 1, 1981
The main intent of this paper is to elucidate the factors that appear to have influenced Soviet decisions to support Ethiopia during the period immediately preceding and during the Somali-Ethiopian conflict in the Ogaden, roughly from 1976 to late 1977.
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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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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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THIRD WORLD MILITARY ELITES IN SOVIET PERSPECTIVE
February 1, 1981
This report discusses the Soviet trend of regarding the 'antiimperialist bonapartism' of third world military elites as 'progressive social development.' It highlights the dissenting views of the Soviet scholar Mirskiy.
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