Musa Qasimli, USSR-Turkey: From Normalization of Relations Till New Cold War (1960-1979)

Abstract

However, the Cold War was reanimated at the end of the 1970s. Tension at the international and West-East competition level prevailed over the normalization trend. Suspicions continued to trouble relations. Factors that prevented the de- velopment of cooperation remained while clandestine conflicts between the two states continued. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the deployment of U.S. Pershing II missiles in Western Europe worsened the situation