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Analyzes Polish foreign policy directions following the establishment of a government led by non-Communists.
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It is often said that the cost of capital is substantially lower for Japanese firms than for their U.S. competitors. This differential, which typically is traced to Japan's higher savings rate, is usually cited as central to the success of Japanese firm
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At a time of extraordinary change and uncertainty in European affairs, this analysis urges a conservative/activist strategy for a stable transition to a new Europe.
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Analyzes the implications for Western security policy of the momentous changes taking place in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.
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Canada and the United States are paying more attention to underwater detection capabilities. In an era of extreme budget pressures, the two countries should examine options for working together to monitor subsurface activities.
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Addresses the implications of political developments and prospects in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union for NATO crisis planning and management.
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This Note presents the results of an evaluation of an ISP implemented by Marion County, Oregon, which documents a number of important lessons regarding implementing a prison-diversion ISP.
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It reviews U.S. involvement with the countries of the Horn from the 1870s, when American officers serving in the Egyptian army were active throughout the region, though without any official sponsorship or backing, through the period of the Italian ...
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The Cold War era, in which world politics was dominated by Soviet-American military-ideological confrontation has come to an end.
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The hard-line communist leadership in North Korea may be forced to change in response to far-reaching reforms in the rest of the communist world.
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This paper presents an overview of governmental technology policy in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG).
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The revolutions of 1989 made by the people of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe did more than topple the communist regimes in these countries. They shattered the bipolar political order established in Europe after 1945 and opened the door for...
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This paper describes the author's experiences as a Study Leader for a Smithsonian group that traveled across Soviet Central Asia in September 1988. Speaking both Russian and Turkish, the author had many revealing conversations with people of both the...
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Examines the information current at the time about the seven American hostages held in Lebanon. The author discusses the identity and nature of the captors, and then focuses on the degree to which Iran can influence or control them.
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This paper reviews the nature of the U.S. role in Europe in the post-World War II period and examines the impact on that relationship of the startling changes of 1989 and 1990 in Central and Eastern Europe. Focusing primarily on the unfolding policy...
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All ethnic groups in the fragmenting Soviet Empire, including the Russians themselves, are reexamining their history and drawing conclusions from it that contrast sharply with views that have been imposed upon them by communist dogma.
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Europe is on its way to a security system based on three complementary elements: an evolutionary altered Atlantic Alliance, an intensified and institutionalized Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe process, and an accelerated process of E...
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The current crisis in the Middle East is like none the United States has ever faced. Saddam Hussein has rewritten the rules of modern warfare by enmeshing thousands of Western hostages in his ruthless quest for Iraqi Lebensraum and threatening to dep...
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Emphasizing the importance of an understanding of the past, this paper considers the history of the Middle East, and the events that are occurring there now and that are likely to occur in the future. The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait has exposed a number...
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This report examines the threat to Peruvian stability posed by the guerrilla group Sendero Luminoso (the Shining Path), and the degree to which this problem has been compounded by economic and political crisis.
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