Research for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

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.

This paper provides an assessment of how events in Southwest Asia (particularly the Islamic revolution in Iran, the seizing of hostages in Tehran, and Soviet combat forces invading Afghanistan) have jeopardized the major interests of the superpowers and how their policies appear to be changing in response to these threats.