Ray S. Cline. Chairman, United States Global Strategy Council, Washington, D.C.; Professor of International Relations, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.; former Director, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State; former Deputy Director for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency. Roger E. Kanet. Professor and Head, Political Science Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Sovietologist specializing in Soviet foreign policy. James Arnold Miller. Executive Director, United States Global Strategy Council, Washington, D.C.; Chairman, Interaction Systems Incorporated, Vienna, Virginia; Editor, Alert Letter on the Availability of Raw Materials; former counterintelligence officer, U.S. Air Force.

• Preface -- Introduction to Basic Soviet Geopolitics -- Nature of Soviet Global Strategy -- Awakening of Soviet Interest in Asia -- Soviet Collective Security Pacts -- Growth of Soviet Military Power in Asia -- Buildup of Soviet Naval Power in Asia -- Increase of Soviet Economic Relations in Asia -- Soviet Military Strategy in East Asia -- Political Aspect of Soviet Strategy in East Asia -- Basic Soviet Strategy Toward Japan -- Japan's Defense of Home Islands and Waters -- Soviet Strategic Objectives on the Korean Peninsula -- Development of Strategy in Sino-Soviet Relations -- Soviet Strategic Concerns in Southeast Asia -- Assessment of Soviet Priorities in Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania -- Growing Soviet Interest in South Asia -- Soviet Inroads to the Persian Gulf States -- Outlook for the Pacific Basin