RT Article T1 How the Gulf was won: Oil and Islam in Soviet foreign policy JF American Arab affairs IS 22 SP 56 OP 62 A1 Gawad, Atef A. LA English PB Council YR 1987 UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1637221657 AB In the article it is argued, that to understand the recent roots of Soviet motives in the Gulf region, it is important to consider the realities of oil reserves and production in both the Soviet Union and the Gulf. It is concluded that the magnitude of the challenge and its implications for American-Arab relations become clear when this challenge is put in perspective: Moscow is returning to the Middle East through the conservative pro-Western regimes in the Gulf. (DÜI-Asd) K1 Außenpolitik K1 Regionalpolitik K1 Erdölpolitik K1 Golfstaaten : Außenpolitik einzelner Staaten : Regionale Außenpolitik einzelner Staaten : Sowjetunion : Erdölpolitik K1 Golfstaaten K1 Sowjetunion