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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460526403321

Autore

Aliboni Roberto

Titolo

The Red Sea region : local actors and the superpowers / / Roberto Aliboni

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-317-41034-3

1-317-41035-1

1-315-68483-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (160 p.)

Collana

Routledge Library Editions: Politics of the Middle East ; ; Volume 18

Disciplina

327/.09182/4

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Red Sea Region Politics and government

Red Sea Region Strategic aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1985 by Croom Helm Limited.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Original Title""; ""Original Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of abbreviations""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""1. INTRODUCTION: THE RED SEA SETTING""; ""2. SOVIET INTERESTS IN THE RED SEA""; ""The purposes of Soviet power""; ""Soviet interests in Southwestern Asia""; ""Oil""; ""National Security""; ""Southern border""; ""Communications in the Indian Ocean""; ""Submarine strategic threat""; ""International projection""; ""3. THE USSR AND THE RED SEA COUNTRIES""; ""Southern Arabia""; ""The USSR and the Yemen Arab Republic""

""Saudi Arabia and the Yemen Arab Republic""""The question of Yemeni reunification""; ""The USSR and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen""; ""The Horn of Africa""; ""Nationalism and socialism in Ethiopia""; ""Containing the Soviets: the moderate Arab coalition""; ""The war in Ogaden: opportunities vs. grand design""; ""4. THE RED SEA AND WESTERN INTERESTS""; ""Redirecting oil shipments""; ""Development and integration: the Arab world and the Red Sea""; ""South-east of NATO""; ""5. REGIONAL STABILITY IN THE RED SEA""; ""Inter-Arab relations""; ""An ""Egyptian lake""""

""Afro-Arab relations in the Red Sea: different approaches""""Micro-



Afro-Arab relations in the Red Sea""; ""Arab-Israeli conflict""; ""Inter-Arab rivalries and Pan-Arab assertiveness""; ""Pan-Arab assertiveness and containment of communism""; ""Nile Valley security""; ""6. CONCLUSIONS: THE REGIONAL OUTLOOK AND ITS STRATEGIC RELEVANCE""; ""Bibliographical References""; ""Index""