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Presents the text of a speech given by U.S. Secretary of State James Baker III on June 18, 1991, which deals with the origins of the trans-Atlantic community. U.S.-German relations; Call for the extension of the trans-Atlantic community to Central and Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union; Objective of a free and whole Euro-Atlantic community.

Focuses on the foreign policy of the United States towards Yugoslavia. Allegation that U.S. Secretary of State James Baker has contributed to the civil war in Yugoslavia; Failure of the U.S. to handle the Yugoslav crisis in the post-cold war world; Information that the main factor in the administration's mishandling of Yugoslavia was its devotion to geopolitical "stability" at the expense of democratic values and human rights; Political situation in Yugoslavia which triggered the civil war; Failure of the American policymakers to distinguish between democratic and undemocratic nationalism; Misconception of Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger, that ethnic hatred has given rise to the war in Yugoslavia.

Criticizes the U.S. policy of appeasing Syria and helping it virtually annex Lebanon. Participation of Syria in the anti-Iraq coalition during the Persian Gulf War because the Iraqi Ba'ath and the Syrian Ba'ath have long been vying with each other to dominate the region; Failure to consider the sins Syria committed against the American people in the past; Secretary of State James Baker and President George Bush's plan to convince Israel to give up the Golan Heights; Decision of the U.S. government to insist on a U.N. presence at Arab-Israeli peace talks; Author's claim that the appeasement of Syria will probably fail on its own terms.

Comments on issues pertaining to politics and government in the United States. Irony in the fact that those who argued for delaying the war against Iraq for as long as possible are now complaining that it isn't ending fast enough; Obstacles to ending the Gulf war; Sunnites' power throughout the Arab world; Efforts to maintain a Gulf balance of power; U.S. Secretary of State James Baker's record of compromising President Bush's war policies.

Reports on recent development in the U.S. politics and government. Rebuff over Secretary of State James Baker's claim that the visit by Assistant Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger and national security adviser Brent Scowcroft was the first time that high-level U.S. officials go to China; Republican national chairman Lee Atwater's demand for a Washington, D.C. gym to replace its usual piped-in aerobic disco music with tapes of his own jam sessions with B.B. King and Isaac Hayes.

Presents information related to the U.S. practical politics. Failure of politician Lyndon LaRouche to win the Virginia congressional seat; Description of political career of LaRouche; Information on the news piece by reporter Thomas Friedman, on the State Department; Opinion of Secretary of State James Baker on the White House Gulf policy; Discussion on the U.S. foreign policy.

Asserts that patient American-led diplomacy is needed to sort out the inevitable loose ends of the war against Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Current state of the Middle East; Plight of the Kurds; International supervision; Visits by US Secretary of State James Baker to Israel; Potential for Arab-Israeli peace; Details; Outlook.

The article focuses on the diplomatic relationship between the U.S. and Vietnam. American Secretary of State James Baker has announced during a press conference in Paris on July 18, 1990 that the U.S. was going to open a dialogue with Vietnam about Cambodia. However, he emphasizes that this announcement does not imply resumption of American relations with Vietnam.