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Brezhnev_Doctrine
Brezhnev Doctrine
English
Proper noun
- A policy which stated that the Soviet Union had the right to intervene in places where capitalism threatened communism.
- (by extension) Any similar policy of ideologically motivated intervention in the affairs of other states. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Translations
policy
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References
- http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1991-07-11/news/1991192072_1_yugoslavia-slovenia-kurdish/3
- http://www.cfr.org/bahrain/saudi-arabias-missteps-into-bahrain/p24379
- http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/11/president_obamas_own_brezhnev.html
- http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/212126/w-vs-brezhnev-doctrine/rich-lowry