Lobelog |Shireen T. Hunter : Since the Soviet Union dissolved in December 1991, articles have appeared in the West arguing that, sooner or later, Irans ethnic and linguistic diversity will lead it to go the way of the USSR and dissolve into several states. Moreover, subscribers to this theory believe that the United States should encourage such a disintegrative ...

Alwaght- In the years after World War II and the beginnings of the Cold War, in order to confront communism and to create a bulwark against the Soviet Union, US shifted its focus to West Asia. In US eyes, this region was a battlefield for capitalism. During the arms race with the Soviet Union, US adopted the policy of establishing military bases ...