SOVIET POLICY ON THE RIM OF ASIA: SCENARIOS AND PROJECTIONS
In: Asian affairs: journal of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, Band 9, Heft 3, S. 135-146
ISSN: 0306-8374
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA HAVE BROUGHT THE SOVIET ARMED FORCES INTO INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE KREMLIN'S DECISIONMAKING APPARATUS. NATIONAL SECURITY PLANNING AND OPERATIONS DOMINATE ALL OTHER ISSUES AND IS ONE OF THE HYPOTHESES OF THIS ESSAY.