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The article focuses on the role of Robert C. McFarlane, White House National Security Adviser, in the preparations for the meeting between President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev. It describes the qualifications of McFarlane which prepare him for his assignment as summit coordinator. His influence in foreign policy matters include directing the negotiations for the release of U.S. hostages held captive in the hijacking of a TWA airliner in Beirut, Lebanon.

Provides an overview of the economic conditions in Israel as of December 1989. Annual inflation rate; Gross domestic product annual growth; Need for the country to make peace with the Arabs in order to build a stable civilian economy; Strength of high-technology exports; Key to Israel's economic success; Bilateral agreement with the United States.

This article reports on President George Bush in relation with establishing his mark on foreign policy. President Bush can lose little time in establishing himself as Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev's equal on the world stage. Moreover, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is counting on Bush to provide the leadership needed to forestall erosion of public support for NATO.

The article reports on the issues concerning the reduction of conventional weapons in the U.S. and Europe's national defense system. In December, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev have signed an agreement to eliminate an entire class of short and intermediate-range missiles. However, such move has generated some issues coming from the two continent's budget planners.

The article examines the foreign policy under the administration of U.S. President Ronald Reagan. The Reagan budget deficit is putting pressure to reduce U.S. troop commitments abroad. The tight budget is also weakening support for foreign aid, a vital tool of U.S. diplomacy. In the Philippines, U.S. support of President Corazon C. Aquino has not curbed Communist insurgency. Reagan has also failed to secure Russian President Vladimir Gorbachev's commitment to cooperate on regional disputes.

The article focuses on the new arms control agreement between the by the U.S. and Soviet Union after World War II. According to the author, military planners are worried once nuclear missiles and other military weapons are removed from Europe. As the memory of the war haunted Europe, some European nations retain their nuclear missile forces. Moreover, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as will as the U.S. allies started to build up their nuclear and nonnuclear forces.

The article focuses on the issues concerning the management of weapon developments worldwide, as emphasized in the farewell speech made by U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Accordingly, a major challenge will be encountered by the president's successor regarding the issue. Furthermore, Reagan will pass onto his successor the momentum to improve the country's international relations.

The article reports on the arms sales made by China to attain its geopolitical and commercial goals and compete with other countries in the world. It also discusses the arms deals made by China with countries as Israel to position itself as a superpower and influence them in diplomatic relations. It also points out the acts of its leader Deng Xiaoping in pushing its global weapon business which is to transform its Liberation Army into a modern force.

The article examines the Reagan Administration's military policy on the Iraq-Iran War. It notes that the Reagan Administration is divided over why the U.S. has injected itself into the Iraq-Iran War. It adds that President Ronald Reagan perceives the gulf war as part of the global struggle between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.

The article reports that some North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) officials are worried about Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev's proposal to eliminate medium-range missiles from Europe. They are concerned that such a move would allow the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact allies to retain superiority in conventional forces after most of the NATO nuclear weapons are removed.

The article comments on congressional opposition against a $354-million missile sale by the U.S. to Saudi Arabia in 1986. Congressional opponents of the missile sale to the Saudis were upset over Saudi Arabia's financial support to the Palestine Liberation Organization and its denouncement of the U.S. raid on Libya. The issues' implications for the defense industry of the U.S. are also cited.

The article highlights negotiations held in Vienna, Austria on mutual-and-balanced force reductions in Europe. The Soviet Union government and their Warsaw Pact allies came back to the Vienna talks which aim to cut the number of soldiers and troops in Central Europe on March 16, 1984. Moscow still refused to resume the nuclear bargaining that it abandoned in Geneva, Switzerland in December 1983.