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Presents a speech by Han Xu, ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the U.S., delivered at the Economic Club of Detroit in Michigan on December 3, 1987. Information on the partnership between the U.S. and China; Number of agreements or protocols on scientific and technological cooperation signed by the countries; Effect of student exchanges on studying the languages of China and the U.S.

Focuses on U.S. Senator Joseph Biden's opposition to U.S. President Ronald Reagan administration's policy toward the South African government. Tirade made by Biden against U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, over the Reagan administration's policy; Strengths and weaknesses of Biden as a probable candidate for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination; Reputation of Biden; Concept of taxing the rich and redistributing the wealth.

Presents the author's reflections on spending a weekend with contras at their camps in Nicaragua. Reasons why the contras fight the Sandinistas, the party that overthrew the government in Nicaragua; Description of the training camps of the contras; Goal of defeating the Sandinistas in a military and civilian uprising; Fight for national reconciliation; Decision of the contras related to the support of the U.S.

Focuses on the socio-political conditions in Guatemala. Treatment of the Indians by the military government of General Oscar Mejía Víctores; Inauguration of the model village of Ojo de Agua in Quiche province; Introduction of the Civil Defense Patrol to check crime in the Indian highlands by the army; Lack of social reform issues in election campaigns of presidential candidates for the October 1988 presidential elections; Possibility of politician Jorgé Carpio Nicolle to become the president of the country after the elections; Efforts of the Guatemala administration to get U.S. aid.

Analyzes the political situation in the Philippines and the American involvement in it. View that a victory by the Communist guerrillas would eliminate whatever hope there is in the Philippines for the restoration of democracy; Reasons why the U.S. is inextricably involved and inevitably influential in the Philippines; Description of the working democratic system in the Philippines; View that the U.S. should reject any notion of removing President Ferdinand Marcos from power; Information on the most effective way to persuade Marcos to initiate reforms and to convince the Filipino people that the U.S. is committed to their economic well-being and political freedom.

Focuses on the foreign policy of the U.S. towards the crisis in El Salvador. Amendment of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act by the Congress to instruct the President to withhold aid to the government of El Salvador unless that government is making a concerted effort to comply with internationally recognized human rights; Argument of El Salvador's military high command that to insist on disciplining the security forces is to risk dividing and weakening them; Objection of U.S. President Ronald Reagan's administration to negotiate with and thereby to legitimize-those who seek to change the government by violence.

The article presents commentary on U.S. international politics as of January 31, 1981. The U.S. handling of the Iranian hostage crisis of the previous years is highlighted. Former President Jimmy Carter's passive treatment of the situation is criticized. Various consequences to the events are analyzed, particularly further foreign relations with terrorist groups and other nations.

Focuses on foreign policies of U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Speculation about his policy on the military budget; View that there is no way the Reagan administration can balance the budget, reduce taxes, and tackle inflation without putting a brake on the nuclear weapons race; Controversy over the MX missile; Information on the American security interest in access to the oil of the Persian Gulf; Plans of the Reagan team to turn Israel into an advance base of the American military power; Information on Reagan's policy with China, allies and Central America; View that just as coherent foreign policy for the U.S. is more than a spastic tremor of anti-communism, so national security is more than posturing, ultimatums, and nuclear megaliths.

The article focuses on the endeavor of George Shultz, the second Secretary of State of the administration of U.S. President Ronald Reagan, in addressing U.S. foreign policies. It notes that the greatest triumph of George Shultz in foreign policy was to convince Reagan to offer a peace plan for the Middle East. The move of Schultz in addressing the political crisis in El Salvador is also tackled.

Presents several editorials which discuss different subjects. "Offensive Peace," which discussed the peace propaganda by the U.S. and Soviet Union; "Allen's Alibis," which discussed the denial of U.S. national security advisor Richard Allen; "Refuge Gulags," which discussed the treatment given by the U.S. administration to Cuban and Haitian refugees; "Honduran Choice," which discussed the domestic politics of Honduras.

Presents several editorials which discuss different subjects. "In Praise of Disarray," which discussed the foreign policy of the U.S. under President Ronald Reagan; "Containing Nukes," which discussed the debate regarding nuclear weapons in the U.S.; "History's Witness," which discussed the status of the Freedom of Information Act.

Presents several editorials which discuss different subjects. "Who'll Fight City Hall?" which discussed the mayoral primary in New York; "Labor Disarray," which discussed the status of the labor movement in the U.S.; "Backing Pretoria," which discussed the U.S. policy towards South Africa; "Political Sport," which discussed the protests against the South African rugby team.

Presents several editorials which discuss different subjects. "Americans Who Stayed," which discussed relations between the U.S. and El Salvador; "Empire and Honor," which discussed an agreement signed between the U.S. government and Iran.

Presents several editorials which discuss different subjects. Thoughts on the convening of the Palestine National Council in Amman Jordan; Issues pertaining to the economic condition of the U.S.; Thoughts on preliminary arms control negotiations between the U.S. and Soviet Union.

Focuses on the content of the report 'How the White House Can Regain Control of Foreign Policy,' written by James T. Hackett, a former U.S. foreign service officer who worked for Henry Kissinger at the National Security Council from 1971 to 1973. Background on how the foreign service department was politicized under the administration of President Ronald Reagan; People chosen by the president to direct his policies in Latin America.

Discusses why the U.S. continue to support, as of June 1984, repressive governments in the Third World. Issues affecting the invasion of the U.S. on Grenada in 1983; Need to distinguish the roles of the Soviet Union and the U.S. in the political and economic status of Third World countries; Belief that the success of Third World nationalists would jeopardize the economic and diplomatic interests of the U.S. in these countries.

Presents several editorials which discuss different subjects. "Castro is Signaling," which discussed the relationship between the U.S. and Cuba; "Nobody Hungry," which discussed the increasing problems related to hunger and malnutrition during the administration of U.S. President Ronald Reagan; "Cops and Quotas," which discussed affirmative action.

Discusses the Afghanistan policy of the administration of U.S. President George Bush. Political security provided to anti-Communist guerrillas of Afghanistan who have been secure in their status as American heroes; Significance of the abandonment of mujaheddin's military campaign; Genesis of the American involvement with mujaheddin; Factors which indicate how little serious thought the administration of Ronald Reagan gave to an outright rebel victory; Significance of the tendency of freedom fighters to murder and torture one another; Resistance of certain policy-makers to a negotiated settlement.

Focuses on the behavior of the administration of U.S. President Ronald Reagan in conducting the Central America policy. Suggestions to the U.S. administration when it comes to the nation's policy towards Central America; Goal achieved in cutting off military aid to the Nicaraguan contras; Opposition of Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis to U.S. aid to the contras.

Discusses the U.S. policy towards Central America. Comment on Central American leader Daniel Ortega's plans regarding democracy in Nicaragua; Information on the negotiations of Ortega with U.S. President Ronald Reagan; Description of various topics discussed during the negotiation; Comment on the attitude of the officials of the Reagan administration towards the Central American peace process; Information that in Panama the administration is trying to oust a military dictator in the tradition of American human rights policy.

Focuses on the issues related to the United States and their allies. Decision of the U.S. administration to pull the U.S. troops out of Europe, Japan and Korea; Statement that the U.S.'s allies in Europe and Japan should shoulder more of the burden for their own defense; Motives behind calls for greater burden-sharing; Information on a bill that would slap a tariff on a nation's exports to the United States.

Focuses on the foreign policy of the U.S. in Nicaragua, a country in Central America. Possibility of a new U.S.-Central America policy based on the direct and explicit threat of U.S. military force on Nicaragua; Support of the U.S. for the contras, the armed opponents of Nicaragua's Sandinista Junta of National Reconstruction party; Objections to the new U.S.-Central America policy.

Focuses on the memorandum from Saudi arms merchant Adnan Khashoggi to former national security adviser Robert McFarlane, regarding the arms deal of the U.S. with Iran for the exchange of hostages. Revelation of the character of Khashoggi; Reasons for which he was virtually disowned by both the American and Saudi governments; Proposals of Khashoggi to solve several American problems in the Middle East, including the hijacking to Beirut of a TWA jet with 39 American passengers, the Iran-Iraq war, the Arab-Israeli dispute; Theories about world peace presented in the memorandum.

Compares the political administration of U.S. President Ronald Reagan and former President Jimmy Carter. Logical approach to foreign policy; Advocacy of Reagan and Carter for arms control; Statement that Carter's presidency was being favorably reconsidered by the media; Views of Reagan on the presidency of Carter; Difference in approaches of both the Presidents in dealing with Iran; Opinion that Carter practiced the policy of not dealing with terrorists that Reagan only preaches; Information that Carter oversaw the deregulation in the airline, banking, railroad, trucking and oil industries; Imposition of a grain embargo on the Soviet Union by Carter; Condemnation of this move by Reagan.

Discusses various rules by the U.S. administration led by U.S. President Ronald Reagan to help fledging democracies. Insight into the relations between the United States and the Philippines; Statements given by the U.S. administration in its support for the government of Philippines; Policy of the U.S. government to give economic aid to fledging democracies.

Reports that the pressures stemming from the Iran-Iraq war and the U.S. policy of isolating Islamic Iran have laid the basis for Iran's new diplomatic initiatives. Problems created by the nation's international isolation; Infighting in the battle to succeed Iran's leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini; Desperation of Iran for arms, money, and international support it had previously denounced; Overtures of Iran to start diplomatic relation with the U.S.

Focuses on the apprehensions of the U.S. government in supporting the recovery of the Philippine economy after the downfall of Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Debate on the need for reductions in the State Department's Economic Support Fund; Pursuit of trade policies without affecting foreign aid programs; Impact of economic aid programs on U.S. products. Report that exports to the United States are now more critical than ever to the Third World's dollar-hungry debtor nations.

Focuses on the socio-political issues in El Salvador. Claim of the government of President José Napoleón Duarte that it is restoring democracy to war-torn country; Increase in the cases of kidnapping of businessmen in the country; Investigation of the role of Lieutenant Colonel Roberto Mauricio Staben in the kidnappings; Eruption of a power struggle in the Salvadoran military regarding the kidnapping probe; Efforts of the U.S. in training the Salvadorian forensic specialists on the investigating team; Reports stating that Mauricio Staben is on friendly terms with U.S. military advisers in El Salvador.

Discusses the Philippine corollary of the Reagan Doctrine, which pledges American support to anticommunist guerrillas all over the world. Argument that El Salvador is the model for supporting the push toward democracy; Acknowledgment of the U.S. administration that dictatorships do not serve its long-term interests; Ways in which a third force strategy differs from a human rights policy; Actions required in carrying out the Philippine corollary.

Comments on the involvement of U.S. President Ronald Reagan in supporting military aid for counterrevolutionary forces against the government in Nicaragua. Reference to an address on national television devoted solely to Nicaragua and its Sandinista government, by Reagan; Information on the strategy of the administration to renew its negotiations with the Sandinistas.

Reports on the decision of U.S. President Ronald Reagan to withdraw its support to Philippines president Ferdinand E. Marcos. Foreign policy of the U.S. for the Philippines; Impact of the decision of Marcos to declare martial law, on the foreign service officers in the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research; Interference of the U.S. in the domestic politics of the Philippines.

Focuses on the upcoming vote in the U.S. Congress on military aid to the Nicaraguan counterrevolutionaries. Conflict between the peasant army, the counterrevolutionaries and the ruling Sandinistas; Uprising of the Miskitos against Sandinista colonialism; Prohibition of the U.S. military from training and professionalizing counterrevolutionaries forces; Foreign policy of the U.S. towards Nicaragua.

Reports on relations between Nicaragua and the United States. View that the election of Daniel Ortega as president in 1984 had resolved the problem of attempting to rule by a directorate of nine equals; Estrangement between Nicaraguan society and a self-styled revolutionary state;Report that last year the U.S. Congress gave the contras $27 million in "humanitarian" aid.

Focuses on the arrest of Jonathan Jay Pollard, a civilian analyst working for the U.S. Navy accused of spying for Israel. Decision of two Israeli scientific attachés to return home after the arrest of Pollard; Information that Israel had refused the U.S. access to these attachés; Response of the Israeli government to this disclosure; Information on terrorist activities of Pollard; Statement that Pollard was a counterterrorism expert, and perhaps he had access to information about Terrorism; Impact of the incident on the relations between the U.S. and Israel; Apology issued by the Israeli government.

Comments on the alteration of the American public's estimation of Greece resulting from the Greek government's failure to response upon repeated international warnings about lax security at Hellinikon airport. Absence of convincing response to charges that it had effectively allowed the Trans World Airlines Inc.'s hijacking to occur; Negotiation of the release of the captured comrade of the Amal hijackers Ali Atwa which violated the West's comprehension of resistance to terrorist demands; Dispute between Greece and the U.S.

Examines the foreign policies of the United States toward Chile and the Philippines. Comparison of incumbent President Ronald Reagan's foreign policies with those of former president Jimmy Carter; Difficulties associated with the U.S. administration's dealings with friendly dictators who fall afoul of their own people; Rules of quiet diplomacy applied by the U.S. to friendly nations.

Focuses on Senator Gary Hart's policies on Central America. Views of Hart on the late Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza Debayle; Accusation against former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale of portraying communism as the main threat in Central America requiring the U.S. presence; Discussion on Hart's foreign policy regarding the relationship between the U.S. and the Soviet union.

Focuses on issues related to U.S. President Ronald Reagan's Central America speech to the Congress. Views of National Security Adviser William P. Clark on the speech; Views of Chief of Staff of the White House Office James Baker on the speech; Attitude of the two rival centers of power--State Department and the White House Office--towards the speech; View that close cooperation on the Central America speech was possible partly because the subject matter is special; Report that on other issues, conflicts continue over ideology and tactics between the two centers; View that the conflict has done damage to the Reagan Administration in terms of public relations, morale, and substance; Prospects of Reagan's victory in the presidential elections to be held in 1984.

Focuses on policies adopted by the U.S. administration under the leadership of U.S. President Ronald Reagan towards Central America. Views of Senator Christopher Dodd towards the Central American policy; Views of Reagan on factors that contributed to the political disorder prevalent in Central America; Criticism of the policies adopted by Reagan towards Nicaragua; Factors that would determine the success of Reagan's policies towards Central America.

Discusses the prevailing political conditions of Jordan under the regime of King Hussein. Explanation of the ill-effects of continuance of kingship of Hussein; Analysis of Saudi Arabia's policy towards Jordan; Controversy on how Hussein ruled the West Bank between 1952 and 1967; Argument pertaining to Jordan's relations with Syria; Refusal of Hussein to come on the table for negotiation on West Bank issue; Role of the U.S. in persuading Hussein to join peace-process movement. INSET: NEW BOOKS BY OUR CONTRIBUTING EDITORS..

Discusses the foreign policy of the U.S. with China; Report that an agreement signed between the U.S. President Ronald Reagan and China, which represents the achievement of U.S. administration on foreign policy front; Disagreement between the two countries over arms sales to Taiwan during the regime of ex-President Richard Nixon; Fact that the document signed by Reagan contains it does not seek to carry out a long-term policy of arms sales to Taiwan; Overview of historic relationship between China and the U.S.

Focuses on the effort of the U.S. to rescue the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) by negotiating with Syria. Involvement of the PLO in the killing of civilians; Criticism of the leadership of Yasir Arafat as the leader of PLO; Effort of the U.S. Administration to send U.S. Ambassador Philip Habib to the Middle East for peace negotiations, while using pressure and threats to restrain Israel, in order to win the favor of moderate Arab regimes; Criticism of the U.S. attempt to get Syria to accept the PLO.

Presents a critical analysis of the political relationship between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Statement that the Soviet Union possesses enough accurate nuclear weapons to destroy U.S. land-based missile and bomber arsenals in a surprise first strike; Reference to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) treaty in 1979 and 1980; Discussion of the window-of-vulnerability thesis; Description of the MX racetrack scheme; Information that the Soviets have a far greater percentage of their deterrent forces on land than the U.S. does.

Discusses the relations of the U.S. with the Middle East and Israel. Expectation of the Israelis and most Arab leaders for the American intervention to help them settle their trouble; Opposition by the U.S. administration officials that a Middle East policy does exist, resting on the pillars of "strategic consensus" and "peace process"; Efforts of the administration to win support in Congress by assuring that restrictions will be placed on Saudi use of the planes.

The article presents commentary on international U.S. politics as of the week of March 21, 1981. U.S. foreign military aid and support of El Salvador and its president Jose Napoleon Duarte is highlighted. Comparisons between the military aid of El Salvador and that of Vietnam are criticized. The U.S. plan of reestablishing political stability in the region is outlined.