In the context of the Warsaw Pact, what did the 'Brezhnev Doctrine' assert?
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Correct answer: The USSR had the right to intervene in any socialist state threatened by capitalism
Named after Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, this policy was used to justify the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia. It emphasized that the sovereignty of individual socialist states was limited by the interests of the broader socialist community.
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