Security in the Mideast

Archive Report

Emerging Plans for Collective Self-Defense

New efforts to bolster defensive capabilities of nations of the Middle East are being made in the face of threats, both external and internal, to the peace and security of the vast strategic region extending from the Mediterranean to Red China along the southern frontier of the Soviet Union. The United States, in cooperation with Turkey and Pakistan, is taking steps to strengthen the region against external aggression. At the same time, internal tensions and national rivalries are seriously weakening whatever capacities other countries of the Middle East may have for collective defense of the region.

Emerging Plans for Collective Self-Defense

The decision of the United States to extend military aid to Pakistan, announced Feb. 25, was a key move in the ...

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