Alternatively, this information could have been obtained by Soviet Colonel-General Albert Makashov, commander of the huge Siberian military district and a unabashed advocate of the assertive use of Soviet military power, who held secret meetings with the Iraqi Foreign Minister in Baghdad shortly before the invasion of Kuwait.

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At the same time, both the United States and China were wary of the Soviet Union's military power and expansionist agenda.

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They feared the U.S. was losing the edge to the Soviet Union in technology and military power.

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The Soviet Union has long sought to be the preeminent military and political power on Eurasian landmass.

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Russia can make mischief, but it cannot project military and ideological power all around the world, as the Soviet Union did during the cold war.

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