Cold war and the middle east; decolonisation, c...

Politics-Cold war and the middle east; decolonisation, clientelism, flashpoints, Greece & Turkey, etc.

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The cold war and the Middle East The cold war and de-colonization Cold war coincided with decline of European imperial power WWII made empire too costly and led nationalists to seek liberation from colonialism Superpower policy US o Support US allies in Europe who are trying to maintain empires o Or support anti-colonial liberation movements in the Third World Soviet policy o Support anti-colonial liberation movements in the 3rd world to weaken and divide the west and secure allies for the USSR (See later support for PLO, Syria, Egypt) Instances of superpower Clientelism in the ME o 6 day war-undermines USSR as protector state due to inferior quality of their weaponry o Diplomatic representation of PLO by USSR o Yom Kippur-causes full nuclear alert after USSR nearly sends in troops unilaterally-UN brokered ceasefire causes both sides to back down o US: Gulf War, Camp David Summ...