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

The thrust of their efforts was to seek a repudiation of the so-called Brezhnev Doctrine, which Soviet Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev proclaimed after the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia.

From Time Magazine Archive

Moscow would agree to tolerate hitherto unprecedented political and economic liberalism in the East and would renounce the Brezhnev Doctrine.

From Time Magazine Archive

That is an endorsement of the principle of limited sovereignty as expressed in the Brezhnev Doctrine.

From Time Magazine Archive