TY - BOOK AU - Aliboni,Roberto TI - The Red Sea region: local actors and the superpowers T2 - Routledge library editions: politics of the Middle East SN - 9781315684833 AV - DT39 U1 - 320.9182/4 23 PY - 2016/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Essays KW - bisacsh KW - Government KW - General KW - National KW - Reference KW - Politics and government KW - fast KW - Strategic aspects of individual places KW - Red Sea Region KW - Strategic aspects KW - Electronic books N1 - Firs published in 1985 by Croom Helm Ltd; Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 YemenThe 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 assertivenessPan-Arab assertiveness and containment of communism; Nile Valley security; 6. CONCLUSIONS: THE REGIONAL OUTLOOK AND ITS STRATEGIC RELEVANCE; Bibliographical References; Index UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1028757 ER -