The Cold War in the Middle East in the Second Half of the 1950s: What was the Soviet Response Against Western Interventionism?

Authors : Umut BEKCAN

Pages : 49-72

Doi:10.18513/egetid.596058

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Publication Date : 2019-07-26

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study aims to look from the Soviet Union’s perspective to the attempts of western capitalist states intending to maintain their domains in the period, in which the Suez Crisis and the Eisenhower doctrine dominated the region; to reveal how the Soviet Union assessed the developments and to clarify its position. The Soviet Union responded to the West with an anti-imperialist policy. In this context, this policy of the Soviet Union against the interventionist policies of the western capitalist states in the Middle East defending  the independence and sovereignty of states in the region constitutes the main research problem of this study.
Keywords : Soviet Union, Middle East, Cold War, Suez Crisis, Eisenhower doctrine