Citations with the tag: WORLD politics
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- The center folds.
Bethell, T. // American Spectator; Nov91, Vol. 24 Issue 11, p9Editorial. Argues that power seems to be moving away from the center in countries as well as political parties. The break-up of the Soviet Union; An example for over-taxed states here in America?; The nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court; The quota aspect of the Civil Rights Bill...
- Pugwash on weapons cuts.
Bethell, T. // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; Jul/Aug1988, Vol. 44 Issue 6, p46The Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affair had its 50th Symposium in Prague, Czechoslovakia, April 14-17 1988. The article is a statement by the Pugwash Council. Discusses suggestions needed to create a safer Europe; The INF Treaty; START (Strategic Arms Reduction Talks).
- The shape of things to come.
Luttwak, E. N. // Commentary; Jun90, Vol. 89 Issue 6, p17Explores four possible sources of antagonism that could shape world politics in the 1990s and beyond. North-South confrontations; Internalized conflict with fragmented alliances; Revived Soviet-Western antagonism; Communitarianism vs. democratic capitalism.
- The cold war.
Luttwak, E. N. // Cobblestone; May91, Vol. 12 Issue 5, p4Presents an overview of the Cold War, a power struggle between the US and the Soviet Union that has lasted from 1945 into the 1990s. Origin of conflict; Tensions previous to 1963; Cooling of the Cold War since 1963.
- Across an Iron Curtain.
Blohm, C.E. // Cobblestone; May91, Vol. 12 Issue 5, p6Looks at the beginnings of the Cold War after World War II ended, when the Soviet Union drew an Iron Curtain across Europe. Conflict of capitalism and Communism; Truman Doctrine; Marshall Plan; Tension-filled events in 1949; Formation of alliances; Weapons buildups; Public fears. INSET:...
- Three reasons to watch Indonesia.
Barr, Cameron // Christian Science Monitor; 3/10/98, Vol. 90 Issue 71, p6Presents three reasons to be concerned about Indonesia. The effects on the rest world of Indonesia's slowed economy; Indonesia's strategic location and the economic benefits that derive; Human rights issues concerning the country's ethnic Chinese minority. INSET: Jokes help ease Indonesia's...
- What a year!
Barr, Cameron // Current Events; 12/15/89, Vol. 89 Issue 13, p1Presents an overview of the major news stories of 1989. Political liberalization of Eastern Europe; Chinese student revolt and the Tiananmen Square (Beijing) massacre; US Federal War on Drugs; San Francisco earthquake; Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska. INSET: Mikhail...
- History.
Barr, Cameron // Albania Country Review; 2010, p6The article provides an overview of the political history of Albania from 1878-1991.
- Superpower disengagement.
Layne, C. // Foreign Policy; Winter89/90, Issue 77, p17Outlines questions dominating the diplomatic agenda during the 1990s. The nature of America's relationship with Western Europe, the fate of the Soviet Empire in Eastern Europe, and the German Question. The United States needs to make important decisions about its European policy; George Kennan...
- Finding America's place.
Brenner, M.J. // Foreign Policy; Summer90, Issue 79, p25Examines the role of the United States in a world apparently victorious over communism and the dissipating Soviet threat. Need for stable new European order; Western Europe's initiatives and responsibilities; Mutual interests; Active involvement of United States.
- Water wars.
Starr, J.R. // Foreign Policy; Spring91, Issue 82, p17States that there are at least ten places in the world where war could break out over dwindling shared water, the majority in the Middle East. Investments, regulations and controls in Algeria, Israel, the West Bank, Gaza, Jordan, Tunisia and Yemen; Numbers of children dying daily (mostly in...
- Toward open societies.
Soros, George // Foreign Policy; Spring95, Issue 98, p65Discusses the emergence of open societies worldwide. Implications of the collapse of the Soviet Union; Emergence of closed societies due to communism; Use of the Western leadership and influence to develop open societies.
- The twilight of certitudes: Secularism, Hindu nationalism, and other masks of deculturation.
Nandy, Ashis // Alternatives: Global, Local, Political; Apr-Jun1997, Vol. 22 Issue 2, p157Presents information on globalization as it relates to the changes in power and influence by leaders worldwide. Main features of globalization; Information on the opposite models since World War II; Details on the emergence of bureaucratic agencies in developing countries; Who supports these...
- Globalization: A world adrift.
Kothari, Rajni // Alternatives: Global, Local, Political; Apr-Jun1997, Vol. 22 Issue 2, p227Presents information on globalization as it relates to the changes in power and influence by leaders worldwide. Main features of globalization; Information on the opposite models since World War II; Details on the emergence of bureaucratic agencies in developing countries; Who supports these...
- Fringe benefits.
Warden, C. // New Statesman & Society; 3/27/92, Vol. 5 Issue 195, p30Reflects on the ways that governments in the 20th century have consistently worked against the concept of free trade. Author's preference for the idea of local self-sufficiency, known as autarky; Why it shouldn't be dismissed by economic experts.
- The disorders of peace.
Barnet, R.J. // New Yorker; 1/20/92, Vol. 67 Issue 48, p62Details why the world looks more confused than ever, and in many ways more violent than when talk of nuclear Armageddon was popular. Suggests that President George Bush's administration is using the Cold War victory as an opportunity to rethink the national interest; New world order; The...
- Realism, neorealism, and American liberalism.
Shimko, Keith L. // Review of Politics; Spring92, Vol. 54 Issue 2, p281Rejects the common characterization of the emergence of neorealism by arguing that neorealism constitutes a fundamentally different conceptualization of inter national politics than that provided by classical realists. Classical realism in the United States; Classical realism, liberalism, and...
- Ten World leaders of 1984.
Shimko, Keith L. // Scholastic Update; 10/19/84, Vol. 118 Issue 3, p13Ten World leaders of 1984 are profiled here. Included are Ronald Reagan, Andrei Gromyko, Deng Xiaoping, Indira Gandhi, Perez de Cuella of the UN, Jacques de Larosiere of the IMF, Ferdinand Marcos, Ayatollah Khomeini, Daniel Ortega, and Raul Alfonsin of Argentina.
- Smithsonian horizons.
Adams, R. // Smithsonian; Aug88, Vol. 19 Issue 5, p10Commentary. The Secretary of the Smithsonian, Robert McC. Adams, reports on his conversations with museum directors, scientific and cultural administrators in Japan, Czechoslovakia, Denmark and Iceland which reflected relief at the relaxation of tensions between the great powers but concerned...
- Nothing inevitable about democracy.
Burris, K.C. // Christian Century; 9/20/89, Vol. 106 Issue 26, p807In the light of recent struggles for democracy among peoples throughout the world, the article questions whether liberal democracy will be the final form of human government. Liberation movements as the beginning, rather than the end.
- Spin control on 1989.
Marty, M.E. // Christian Century; 1/3/90 - 1/10/90, Vol. 107 Issue 1, p31Describes events of the 1980s that require a revisionist understanding. Leftist view of Marxist-Leninism; Arms control and the right; Predictions of Armageddon.
- Identity crisis for policymakers.
Wall, J.M. // Christian Century; 10/17/90, Vol. 107 Issue 29, p923Editorial. Contemplates the United States lack of self-identity in the post-cold-war world. Collapse of Communism; Iran-contra scandal; Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
- Japan's uncertain role.
Tamamoto, M. // World Policy Journal; Fall91, Vol. 8 Issue 4, p579Offers a close look at how the end of the Cold War and the dynamism of the economies of East and Southeast Asia have imposed upon Japan the troubling and painful task of examining its national identity. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN); Asian invitations for Tokyo to assume...
- Focus on Central and Eastern Europe.
Tamamoto, M. // U.S. Department of State Dispatch; 11/12/90, Vol. 1 Issue 11, p268Summarizes a number of subjects concerning Central and Eastern Europe including, among others, the Citizens Democracy Corps, USIA/TV assistance in Hungary, Poland, Romania and Yugoslavia, and journalism. Also covers provision of medical supplies to Czechoslovakia, food aid and energy assistance...
- The United Nations in a new era.
Tamamoto, M. // U.S. Department of State Dispatch; 9/30/91, Vol. 2 Issue 39, p718Presents an address by President George Bush, before the UN General Assembly, September 1991, concerning the challenges of building peace and prosperity in a world leavened by the end of the Cold War and the resumption of history. History held captive by communism; Opportunities for enterprise,...
- The meaning of the new world order: A critique.
Petras, J. // America; 5/11/1991, Vol. 164 Issue 18, p512Criticizes President George Bush's vision of a new world order as an attempt to sustain the United States as the dominant power in the world. The decline of the United States global power; The United States war in the Persian Gulf; The militarization of United States culture; Position of...
- 1992--FUSION, FISSION AND AUTONOMY.
Petras, J. // America; 1/4/1992, Vol. 166 Issue 1, p3Editorial. Comments on recent world events which range from the breakup of the Soviet Union to the joining together of the member states of the European Community. Praises the administration of President George Bush and Secretary of State James Baker; Uses the controversy among the Slavic...
- Excerpts from Brave New World Order: Must We Pledge Allegiance?
Nelson-Pallmeyer, Jack // Network News; Jan/Feb92, Vol. 12 Issue 1, p5Presents excerpts from Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer's speech during the Witherspoon Society's National Gathering III. Basis of the new world order being fashioned by the United States; American control over third world peoples and resources; Alliance of Northern industrialized countries against the...
- The view from the merry-go-round.
Brodsky, J. // UNESCO Courier; Jun90, Vol. 43 Issue 6, p30Opinion. Presents the author's views of the possible social, political, and intellectual scenarios for the last ten years of the 20th century, and the second millennium. World in the midst of change; Outlook for 1995; State of chronic crises; Prospects for societies.
- Fair trade is a myth.
Bovard, J. // USA Today Magazine; May92, Vol. 120 Issue 2564, p20Contends that Americans' freedom and prosperity are being sacrificed on the altar of fair trade. Why fair trade is really paternalism in international commerce; Examples of trade barriers such as anti-dumping laws, countervailing duties (CVD), and more; Flaws in protectionists' arguments in...
- New world orders.
Howell, Llewellyn D. // USA Today Magazine; Jul92, Vol. 121 Issue 2566, p37Considers the global implications of the demise of the Soviet Union. Identifying the new superpower or superpowers in the New World Order; Primary rivals to the United States; Distinguishing between economic power and political-ideological power.
- The cold war's magnificent seven.
Spalding, M.; Beichman, A. // Policy Review; Winter92, Issue 59, p44Pays tribute to the leaders whose words and deeds led in the victory over communism in the Cold War. Winston Churchill, former British Prime Minister; Former US president Harry S. Truman; Konrad Adenauer, German postwar federal chancellor; Former secretary-treasurer of the American Federation...
- Couldn't happen. Did.
Garvey, J. // Commonweal; 3/23/90, Vol. 117 Issue 6, p175Opinion. Describes the importance of learning from the unexpected. New villains to fear; Anti-Semitism; Belief in Christ's return.
- Who's on first.
Carlin Jr., D.R. // Commonweal; 7/13/90, Vol. 117 Issue 13, p406Examines possible scenarios about what the collapse of communism means for the human race. Reflects on the three great ideologies of modernization: Protestantism, liberalism, and socialism.
- World cop or world bully?
Carlin Jr., D.R. // Commonweal; 1/25/91, Vol. 118 Issue 2, p42Urges a redefinition of the roles of the United States and the other nations in the world community in the post cold war era. Persian Gulf crisis; Arguments against an attacking Iraq; America-as-policeman.
- Privatization in the ASEAN states: Who gets what, why, and with what effect?
Milne, R.S. // Pacific Affairs; Spring92, Vol. 65 Issue 1, p7Considers the pattern of privatization in each of the ASEAN states with reference to the `recipients' and their links to the allocators. Thailand; The Philippines; Indonesia; Malasia; Singapore; Governmental power and the choice of beneficia ries; The impact of privatization on the state and...
- Power and morality.
Brzezinski, Zbigniew // World Monitor; Mar93, Vol. 6 Issue 3, p22Presents an analysis by the author, a former US National Security Adviser, of the world's looming `power clusters' and warns that the US must have moral authority to make its own power effective. How somewhere between 167 million and 175 million human beings were killed for political reasons;...
- History.
Brzezinski, Zbigniew // Ecuador Country Review; 2010, p6The article provides an overview of the political history of Ecuador from 1520-1982.
- The spread of democracy.
Brzezinski, Zbigniew // Scholastic Update; 3/9/90, Vol. 122 Issue 13, p6Presents a map that divides the world into nations that are free, partly free, and not free. How the countries are rated; Four regions where democracy is stirring: Central and South America, Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, People's Republic of China, and Africa.
- Paradise on earth?
Olson, T. // Scholastic Update; 9/7/90, Vol. 123 Issue 1, p14Examines areas of conflict worldwide as the Cold War recedes. Violence in the Middle East; Repression in China; Fighting apartheid in South Africa; Political struggles in Central America; International concerns about the environment. INSET: Look into your crystal ball (asks for readers'...
- Scholastic Update world almanac 1990-91.
Allen, P. // Scholastic Update; 11/2/90, Vol. 123 Issue 5, p20Presents 14 pieces of up-to-date data on each of the world's countries. Includes size; Population; Capital; Major languages; Form of government and head; Date of independence; Literacy rate; Economic data; Includes a detailed key on how to read and interpret the information.
- Who's smiling now?
Allen, P. // Scholastic Update; 5/3/91, Vol. 123 Issue 16, p6Traces the ups and downs of several top national leaders during the past year. Includes analyses of Russian President Boris Yeltsin, Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, General Norman Schwarzkopf, British Prime Minister John Major, Vice President Dan Quayle, and more.
- All the world's governments.
Reitman, Janet // Scholastic Update; 02/23/98, Vol. 130 Issue 10, p12Discusses how various countries around the world are governed. Names of democratic and dictatorship countries; Difference between democracy and dictatorship; Information on parliamentary, totalitarian and monarchy governments.
- Editor's column.
Reitman, Janet // Orbis; Summer97, Vol. 41 Issue 3, p337Discusses topics related to world affairs. John Quincy Adams' dictum about America; American outrage over Chinese contributions to the Democrats' 1996 campaign; America's role as munificent leader of the free world; American `policy' towards Canada.
- The pundits eat one of their own.
Dykstra, P. // Progressive; Jan92, Vol. 56 Issue 1, p17Reports on several political topics of the past month, including: The presidential candidacy of columnist Patrick J. Buchanan; The in-absentia indictment of two Libyans for the Pan American Airways bombing; Women in communications; More.
- Over the edge.
Dykstra, P. // Progressive; Jun92, Vol. 56 Issue 6, p8Comments that in the wake of the Los Angeles riots, the US needs compassion and a vision of positive change as much as it needed them during the Great Depress ion, because getting tough had gotten the US nowhere. Time to turn attention away fromindividual pathology; Stop fretting over idea of...
- Socialism yes.
McReynolds, David // Progressive; Apr93, Vol. 57 Issue 4, p24Discusses how, although socialism is not dead, capitalism's multiple mistakes allow socialists to keep pursuing their dream of a truly humane society. Failure of communism in the former Soviet Union; The startling shift downward in the living standards of most Americans; The Los Angeles `riots'...
- The fog of peace.
McReynolds, David // Aviation Week & Space Technology; 6/17/91, Vol. 134 Issue 24, p31Editorial. Argues that the post-Cold War political climate is unclear and the illusion of peace should not be used as an excuse to cut NATO funding.
- The NATO alliance and the future of Europe.
McReynolds, David // U.S. Department of State Dispatch; 9/3/90, Vol. 1 Issue 1, p43Secretary of State James Baker III comments on the groundwork being laid for the NATO summit to be held in London in a speech before the North Atlantic Council meeting in June 1990. Bush-Gorbachev agreements; Nine assurances to Soviet concerns; NATO's political role; Building peace.
- Assistance and reform: Eastern Europe and Central America.
McReynolds, David // U.S. Department of State Dispatch; 9/3/90, Vol. 1 Issue 1, p50Secretary of State James Baker III comments on Western assistance in support of fundamental reform in Poland and Hungary in an address to a G-24 ministerial meeting in July 1990. Transition to democratic governments and market-oriented economies; Yugoslavia; Romania; Bulgaria; East Germany;...
