Open AccessREGIONAL SECURITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST AREA IN THE PERIOD OF THE COLD WAR. TURKEY'S CONTRIBUTION TO REGIONAL SECURITY
Author(s) -
Gabriela-Nicoleta Dragne
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
agora international journal of juridical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2067-7677
pISSN - 1843-570X
DOI - 10.15837/aijjs.v13i2.3798
Subject(s) - alliance , middle east , expansionism , cold war , political science , politics , terrorism , economy , international trade , geography , law , business , economics
The alliance belt between Turkey, Iran, Pakistan and Iraq led to the creation of the political-military bloc nicknamed the Baghdad Pact, which aimed to limit Soviet expansionism to the warm seas and the Gulf and to ensure peace and security in the Middle East region.Another trio of non-Arab states in the East: Turkey, Israel and Iran formed an influential military alliance in the late 1950s under the name of the Phantom Pact or the Peripheral Alliance in order to coordinate the activity of the three secret intelligence services, to coordinate their activities. express their anti-Soviet stance and maintain regional security. Equally, Turkey's involvement in regional affairs played an essential role. Today, the presence of the UN in the area, is facing a new danger of our times: terrorism.