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

Year 2019, Volume: 34 Issue: 1, 49 - 72, 26.07.2019

Umut Bekcan

https://doi.org/10.18513/egetid.596058

Cited By: 1

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

1950'lerin İkinci Yarısında Orta Doğu'da Soğuk Savaş: Batı Müdahaleciliğine Karşı Sovyetler Ne Tepki Gösterdi?

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, Süveyş Krizi ve Eisenhower doktriniyle batılı
kapitalist devletlerin bölgede nüfuz/etkinlik alanı sağlama amaçlı
girişimlerine Sovyetler Birliği’nin penceresinden bakmak, pozisyonunu ve gelişmeleri
nasıl değerlendirdiğini ortaya koymak amaçlandı. Sovyetler Birliği Batı’ya
antiemperyalist politikayla karşılık verdi. Bu bağlamda, Orta Doğu’da Batılı
kapitalist devletlerin müdahaleci politikalarına karşı Sovyetler Birliği’nin
bölge devletlerinin bağımsızlık ve egemenliğini savunarak antiemperyalist bir
politika gütmesi bu çalışmanın temel sorunsalını oluşturmaktadır.

Keywords

Sovyetler Birliği, Orta Doğu, Soğuk Savaş, Süveyş Krizi, Eisenhower doktrini

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