Abstract
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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