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Publication Date: September 1983
Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): James A. Phillips
Research Area: International relations
Keywords: Russia and Eurasia
Type: Report
Coverage: Israel Soviet Union
Abstract:
The Soviet Union has exploited the Arab-Israeli conflict to improve its strategic position in the Middle East, maximize its leverage over Arab client states, and showcase its support for "national liberation" movements. In return for arms supplies, military training, economic aid, and technical advice, it has received military bases, an entree into the Arab world, access to the PLO terrorist infrastructure, and a soapbox for disseminating its views on Middle Eastern affairs.