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Publication Date: August 1990
Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): David Silverstein
Research Area: Military and defense
Keywords: Middle East
Type: Report
Abstract:
America will continue to face severe challenges to its interests globally despite the improved relations with the Soviet Union. Most of these challenges will not be from large military forces, as those massed by Iraq on the Saudi border, but' from low-intensity conflicts. America must be prepared to meet this LIC challenge. By defusing potential low-intensity conflicts before they break into armed warfare, and to meet them with military resistance if they do, America will not only protect its own interests, but enhance regional stability around the globe.