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==Formation of the Doctrine== Brezhnev realized the need for a shift from [[Nikita Khrushchev]]'s idea of "different paths to socialism" towards one that fostered a more unified vision throughout the socialist camp.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Rise and Fall of the Brezhnev Doctrine in Soviet Foreign Policy|url=https://archive.org/details/risefallbrezhnev00ouim|url-access=limited|last=Ouimet|first=Matthew J.|publisher=The University of North Carolina Press|year=2003|isbn=0-8078-2740-1|location=Chapel Hill and London|pages=[https://archive.org/details/risefallbrezhnev00ouim/page/n74 60]β61}}</ref> "Economic integration, political consolidation, a return to ideological orthodoxy, and inter-Party cooperation became the new watchwords of Soviet bloc relations."<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Rise and Fall of the Brezhnev Doctrine in Soviet Foreign Policy|url=https://archive.org/details/risefallbrezhnev00ouim|url-access=limited|last=Ouimet|first=Matthew J.|publisher=The University of North Carolina Press|year=2003|isbn=0-8078-2740-1|location=Chapel Hill and London|pages=[https://archive.org/details/risefallbrezhnev00ouim/page/n79 65]}}</ref> On November 12, 1968, Brezhnev stated that "[w]hen external and internal forces hostile to socialism try to turn the development of a given socialist country in the direction of β¦ the capitalist system ... this is no longer merely a problem for that country's people, but a common problem, the concern of all socialist countries." Brezhnev's statement at the Fifth Congress of the [[Polish United Workers Party]] effectively classified the issue of sovereignty as less important than the preservation of Soviet-style socialism.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Rise and Fall of the Brezhnev Doctrine in Soviet Foreign Policy|url=https://archive.org/details/risefallbrezhnev00ouim|url-access=limited|last=Ouimet|first=Matthew J.|publisher=The University of North Carolina Press|year=2003|isbn=0-8078-2740-1|location=Chapel Hill and London|pages=[https://archive.org/details/risefallbrezhnev00ouim/page/n81 67]}}</ref> While no new doctrine had been officially announced, it was clear that Soviet intervention was imminent if Moscow perceived any satellite to be at risk of jeopardizing the Soviet hegemony.
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