THE SOVIET STRATEGIC EMPLACEMENT IN ASIA
In: Asian affairs: journal of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, Band 12, Heft 1, S. 5-18
ISSN: 0306-8374
SOVIET STRATEGIC EMPLACEMENT IN ASIA IS INCREASINGLY IMPELLED BY RECOGNITION OF THE INEXORABLE MOVEMENT OF THE STRATEGIC CENTER OF GRAVITY EASTWARD, AUGMENTED BY INESCAPABLE POLITICAL COMMITMENTS--IT IS AXIOMATIC THAT THE SOVIET UNION CANNOT "WITHDRAW" FROM ASIA--IT BEING ONE OF ITS MAIN COMPONENTS.