Brezhnev Doctrine

American  

noun

1. the doctrine expounded by Leonid Brezhnev in November 1968 affirming the right of the Soviet Union to intervene in the affairs of Communist countries to strengthen Communism.

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Example Sentences

In June 1989, Gorbachev announced that he would not enforce the Brezhnev Doctrine, under which Moscow reserved the right to intervene in satellite countries.

From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2018

Brezhnev justified this invasion by claiming the Soviet Union had the right to prevent its satellites from rejecting communism, a policy known as the Brezhnev Doctrine.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

But Gorbachev has long since laid the interventionist Brezhnev Doctrine to rest, repeatedly promising the East * European regimes "mutual respect" and "non-interference in each other's internal affairs."

From Time Magazine Archive

Andranik Migranyan, a Soviet intellectual, last week explicitly condemned the Brezhnev Doctrine in the reformist weekly Moscow News.

From Time Magazine Archive

De facto, the Iron Curtain and the Brezhnev Doctrine were, and remain, very much a part of that order.

From Time Magazine Archive