The Soviet Union and the Strategy of Non-Alignment in the Third World

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It analyses the Soviet reaction to the collective agenda of the non-aligned states on issues such as the limitation of conflict, disarmament and the promotion of a new international economic offer. This book also provides the first detailed account of contemporary Soviet policy towards the possible neutralisation of distinct Third World regions: Southeast Asia, the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan. The final section of the book examines Soviet attitudes and foreign policy in relation to the primary elements of North/South military alignment: military bases, alliances and treaties of friendship and cooperation. Attention is given to changes in Soviet policy on all these issues under the new Gorbachev leadership. The book concludes that over several decades the Soviet Union has sought to use neutralism, non-alignment and neutralisation primarily as instruments in a broad strategy aimed at the military denial of Third World regions to the Western powers.