THE MAKING OF SOVIET MIDDLE EAST POLICY VIS-Ã€-VIS THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT BETWEEN JUNE AND OCTOBER WARS (1967-1973)
Journal: DergiPark (Istanbul University)
Year: 2013

The Soviet Union started to penetrate the Middle East in the second half of 1950’s. Moscow’s attempts to take advantage of anti-imperialist, nationalist, quasisocialist Arab regimes reinforced its influence in the region. Cautious Soviet policy of avoiding involvement in the Arab-Israeli conflict and balanced Soviet relations towards revolutionary Arab states and Israel came to an end with the June War. The aftermath of the war necessitated Moscow to revise its Middle Eastern policy vis-à-vis th