The USSR, china and the horn of Africa

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Review of African Political Economy

Volume 5, Issue 12

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The USSR, china and the horn of Africa

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Author(s): Roy Lyons

Publication date (Print): May-August 1978

Journal: Review of African Political Economy

Publisher: Review of African Political Economy

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What are we to make of events in the Horn? Two ‘Marxist‐Leninist’ regimes, Somalia and Ethiopia, fighting each other, and each in turn having been armed by the Soviet Union; then Ethiopia using Soviet and Cuban help to put down the Eritrean liberation movement, one wing of which also styles itself ‘Marxist‐Leninist’. Are any of these acting on the basis of Marxist principles? Or in accord with ‘proletarian internationalism'? Or with Lenin's theses on the national question? In particular what are we to make of Soviet policy? This article argues that defence of state interest has been the primary consideration in Soviet foreign policy‐making since 1917.

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Title: Review of African Political Economy

Publisher: Review of African Political Economy

ISSN (Print): 0305-6244

ISSN (Electronic): 1740-1720

Publication date (Print): May-August 1978

Volume: 5

Issue: 12

Pages: 5-30

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Publisher ID: 8703358 Coden ID: Review of African Political Economy, Vol. 5, No. 12, May-August 1978, pp. 5-30

DOI: 10.1080/03056247808703358

SO-VID: f1f473dd-9763-480f-b450-f2fba09c103e

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[1] Claudin F.. 1975. . The Communist Movement . , Penguin Books. .

[2] Tarabin E.A.. 1974. . The New Scramble for Africa . , Progress Publishers. .

[3] Solodovnikov V. and Bogoslovsky V.. 1975. . Non‐Capitalist Development . , Progress. .

[4] Andreyev I.. 1977. . The Non‐Capitalist Way . , Progress. .

[5] Koblyatov I.B.. 1976. . USSR: For Peace Against Aggression 1933–1941 . , Progress. .

[6] Weinstein W.. 1975. . Chinese and Soviet Aid to Africa . , Praeger. .

[7] Bartke W.. 1975. . China's Economic Aid . , Hurst. .

[8] Ogunsanwo A.. 1974. . China's Policy in Africa, 1958–71 . , C.U.P.. .

[9] Carter J.R.. 1969. . The Net Cost of Soviet Foreign Aid . , Praeger. .

[10] Larkin B.D.. 1971. . China and Africa, 1949–1971 . , UCLA. .

[11] Hutchison A.. 1975. . China's African Revolution . , Hutchinson. .

[12] Stevens C.. 1976. . The Soviet Union and Black Africa . , Macmillan. .

[13] Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. . 1975. . The Arms Trade with the Third World . , Penguin. .

[14] V.I. Lenin , On the Foreign Policy of the Soviet State , Progress , n.d.

[15] Arbatov G.. 1973. . The War of Ideas in Contemporary International Relations . , Progress. .

[16] Merip. . 1975. . Soviet Policy in the Middle East . , (Merip Report 39). Washington : : Middle East Research and Information Project. .

[17] J. Slovo , ‘A Critical Appraisal of the Non‐Capitalist Path. Path . . .’ , Marxism Today , June 1974

[18] Jahn E.. , ed. 1978. . Soviet Foreign Policy . , London : : Allison and Busby. .

[19] jailed GDR Marxist and Bahro Rudolph. . 1978. . The Alternative in Eastern Europe . , London : : New Left Books. .

[20] Africa Today . Vol. Vol.23. , Denver , Colorado :

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