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Brezhnev Doctrine
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English
Etymology
en Soviet Communist Party General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev =.
Proper noun
Brezhnev Doctrine
A policy which stated that the Soviet Union had the right to intervene in places where capitalism threatened communism.
en by extension Any similar policy of ideologically motivated intervention in the affairs of other states. en
Translations
policy
Estonian: et Brežnevi doktriin
Finnish: fi Brežnevin oppi
Lithuanian: lt Brežnevo doktrina f
References
https://archive.today/20130628171245/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1991-07-11/news/1991192072_1_yugoslavia-slovenia-kurdish/3
https://web.archive.org/web/20110316223001/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
en Cold War