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This article describes the relations of China and the U.S. as of June 1, 1991. According to the author, the relations of China and the U.S. are in disarray. China's current leaders complain of continued U.S. sanctions, the refusal of the administration of U.S. President George Bush to engage in high-level official exchanges and the deterioration in the quality of consultations on matters of common strategic interest. They protest President Bush's April 1991 meeting with the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan leader. They believe the United States has sought to restrain other leading industrialized nations in the Group of Seven from restoring relations with China to the levels that existed prior to the events in Tiananmen Square in June 1989. Washington is also accused of discouraging a rapid and full restoration of lending to China by international financial institutions. And behind these charges are more deep-seated fears--of another era of U.S. global hegemonism and a U.S. design to undermine China's communist regime. Meanwhile, at least among key opinion molders in Congress and the U.S. media, China's leaders are scorned and disdained. Memories of the June 4, 1989, massacre in Beijing remain vivid in the U.S. mind.

Speculates that President George Bush lost his reelection campaign because of he failed to understand that the public desired not to abandon foreign policy but to bring it into balance with domestic policies. Public perception that America's Gulf victory was a transitory success wrapped in a larger failure; President temporized while the former Yugoslavia burned; Bush's preferred mode of competent reaction; The vision thing; The trust thing; Bill Clinton as centrist.

Presents the recollections of the United States Army general regarding the last hours of the 1991 Persian Gulf War. His recollections of February 27, when US President George Bush made the decision to cease hostilities; The coalition's achievement of its objectives, even though it did not completely destroy all of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's military forces; The atmosphere among President Bush's advisors.

Presents a speech by United States President George Bush, `President Bush Remarks on Mikhail S. Gorbachev's Resignation,' televised to the nation from Washington, D.C. on December 25, 1991. Bush's comments on the honored place in history which Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev will hold.

States that while President George Bush's popularity is flagging, leaders of the industrial democracies would like to rally to Bush but they're in such deep political trouble themselves. A season of discontent has settled upon the world's leading democracies; Great Britain's battle against Labor; France's demand for a new election; German reunification stirring up anger; Japan's growing scandals and slowing economy; Presidential candidate Patrick Buchanan's strategy.

Discusses how the Middle East scorns what President George Bush now calls the `new history'--pacifism and disarmament--a history that must be forced onto this stubborn, dangerous neighborhood. It is far too late to introduce a new nation between Israel and Jordan. What Israeli-Palestinian peace must include; The part Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir must play to achieve peace; An uneasy standoff in Syrian-Israeli relations; The deadly choice Arab nations made in 1948.

Explores the positive consequences of the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union. Emergence of a fascist state; Effort of Russian official Sergei Kiriyenko to work with the World Bank and the International Finance Corp. to urge for local autonomy, restructure agriculture and industry and to privatize housing; Benefits of the U.S. from the disintegration of the Soviet Union.

Criticizes President George Bush's passive response to Lithuania's efforts toward independence. Three suggested reasons for Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's refusal to grant independence to the Baltics at the present time; Why the West appears to have accepted his policy; Call upon Bush and other top Western leaders to exert pressure on Gorbachev to change his policy.

Comments on the eagerness of the United States President George H.W. Bush Administration to achieve the first-ever face-to-face official peace dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians. Implication of the administration's effort on Bush's re-election bid; Reason behind the Israel government's refusal to talk to the Palestine Liberation Organization; Background on a crisis within Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir's Likud party which would affect the peace negotiations.

Focuses on the decision of United States President George Bush not to get involved in the transfer of power in Poland. Bush's effort to maintain a low profile to prevent making the change seem more threatening to the Soviet Union; Amount of aid pledged by the U.S. to Poland for the latter's economic recovery programs; Economic and political interests of the U.S. in Poland; Suggestion that Poland has become the showcase of U.S. experimentation in Eastern Europe.

Highlights the sister-city relationships between Nicaragua and the United States. Overview of political status of Nicaragua; Aid provided by the U.S. to Nicaragua; Election of Arnoldo Aleman as a mayor of Managua; Argument pertaining to the increasing irreverence of the national government, whether Sandinista or United Nations Organization, to the grass -roots exchanges between North Americans and Nicaraguans.

Focuses on views expressed by former president Richard Nixon regarding U.S. President George Bush's foreign policy towards Russian government of Boris Yeltsin. Aspects of the incumbent government's foreign policy criticized by Nixon; Views that Nixon also advised similar policy towards Russia in his opinion expressed in the periodical "Time"; Similarity between attitude of Nixon and Bush towards those who overcommitted themselves to Mikhail Gorbachev; Effort of William Safire, the former Nixon phrase-maker and a "Times" columnist, to laud Nixon; Discussion about the importance given by various periodicals to the story.

Presents a brief on U.S. President George Bush's trip to Japan. Arrival ceremonies at Tokyo Airport; Description of the drive going to Bush's official residence; Recreational activities prepared for the President and his party; Visit of Bush to government officer and places of business; Argument pertaining to Bush's official meetings with Japanese political leaders; Comments of Bush on Japanese cuisine.

Asserts that the importance of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has diminished after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Control exerted by the U.S. over NATO; Need of the European countries to support the NATO and depend on the U.S. during the Cold War years; Efforts of European countries to assert their military independence from the U.S. after the Cold War; Reluctance of the U.S. to let go of its influence over the Europeans.

Argues that, contrary to popular opinion, United States President George H.W. Bush's conduct of foreign policy lacks professionalism and vision. His misjudgment of the changes in the Soviet Union after the cold war; Error of making Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev the center of American diplomacy; Failure of the Gulf War to remove Saddam Hussein from power; Plight of the Kurds in Iraq; Pressuring Israel into concessions before a peace conference is convened; Policy in Europe and in relation to the European Community.

Argues that the United States and other Western countries should refrain from giving the economic aid being sought by Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev until a democratic government is in place. Argument that Gorbachev has political constraints which prevent him from making the sweeping changes required in economic policy; Hope from the upcoming Russian elections; Ability of such democratic republics to ask for aid for democracy, and mean it.

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.

Focuses on the interference of the U.S. in the internal affairs of Iraq with reference to the destruction of Iraq's military and urban infrastructure. Decision by President George Bush that it would be unwise to interfere in the internal affairs of Iraq; Efforts of the Bush's administration in helping the Kurds and Shiites who were desperately running from Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's advancing armies; Emphasis on the humanitarian relief provided by the U.S.

Argues that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's conduct of the war has been very sound. Strategy of killing appreciable numbers of Americans and surviving physically; Goal of retaining his heroic reputation established by stalwart resistance to American threats and American firepower; Author's observation that the buildup of American and allied ground forces in the Gulf region was actually an opportunity for Hussein who lacked any real offensive means; Criticism against U.S. strategy.

Examines U.S. President George Bush's so-called plan for New World Order (NWO) after the successful conclusion of the Persian Gulf War. Phrase developed by Brent Scowcroft, Bush's national security adviser; Concept of collective security; Defeat of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein as a deterrent to other potential aggressors; Idea that this collective security is actually unilateral American action with a multilateral cover; Moral issue in the Gulf War and the NWO; Bush's debate with Edmund Browning, the presiding bishop of Bush's church, the Episcopal Church.

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.

Comments on United States President George Bush's policy on Iraq, and the political issues surrounding the Gulf war. Bush's attempt to lead the country into the "next American century," as he put it in his State of the Union; Statement issued by White house Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater that the Bush administration does not believe that the Gulf conflict is a partisan issue; Moral issues concerning the Gulf war; Optimism of the Bush administration that the U.S. will win the war, creating a "New World Order".

Examines the potential aftermath of a successful U.S. campaign against Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Professor Edward Said of Columbia University's description of the status of the Arab politics, in his January 11 article on "The New York Times"; Bankruptcy of the Arab political order; Possible consequences is Iraq were to be destroyed; Neighboring countries' concern over the future of the Iraqi state and its territorial integrity; Change of regime rather than of borders.

Reports on political and social developments in the United States. Political skills shown by the Democrats in the U.S. Congress as the country prepares for war abroad and suffers an economic recession at home; Establishment of the Marie Syrkin Fellowship in Letters in Jerusalem in memory of the late poet, essayist, teacher and Zionist leader Marie Syrkin; Career achievements of John B. Judis, a contributing editor of the magazine; Heritage Foundation's report advocating that the U.S. re-establish military ties with China.

Examines the U.S. government's role in Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's biological weapons program. Description of Hussein's biological facilities in the town of Salman Pak; Indication of the Iraqi biological weapons program in the accelerated pace of development of the country's pharmaceutical sector; Highlights of a report on Iraq's chemical and biological programs by W. Seth Carus of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy; U.S. State Department's investigation of the American Type Culture Collection's tularemia sales to Iraq.

Focuses on the implications of the military bases of the U.S. in the Philippines. Conspiracy scenarios between the U.S. and the Philippines; Presence of U.S. forces on the Philippine soil; Decline of the importance of the military bases; Strategic arguments of the military bases; Reasons for the establishment of these bases in the Philippines; Interest of the U.S. in the political culture of the Philippines; History of relations between the U.S. and the Philippines; Statement that the bases are seen as an affront to Philippine sovereignty; Denial of the Philippine politicians that the bases protect them from foreign invaders; Economic arguments of the U.S. for the retention of bases; Statement that Philippines want the bases to be out by next year.

Elaborates on President George Bush's belief that reversing Iraq's aggression could usher in a new world order, one in which the US and its allies would work with a newly cooperative Soviet Union to promote international peace. Cautioning against euphoria, stating `war is never cheap or easy'; Ugly intransigence displayed by Iraq's Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz; Public enthusiasm; Minimizing civilian and military casualties; Progress on the Palestinian question.

Asserts that Americans and Europeans sending food to the Soviet Union can do it in a right way or in a wrong way, and the wrong way could hasten a civil war. Food crisis not due to bad land, equipment, or Russian laziness; Pre-revolution farming;Kulaks; History of abusive Bolshevik rule; Ration cards; Distribution should not go to the government because the KGB will distribute only to their own; Distribution should be decentralized; Socialism creates corruption and dishonor.

The article argues against French President Jacques Chirac's call to the European Union to adopt a joint foreign and defense policy independent of the U.S. Chirac calls reflect an increasing nationalist trend in Europe that defines its interests in opposition to those of the U.S. In the long-terms, if the U.S. government remain adamant to face such a situation, it will face a European Union with a social-democratic political culture that would oppose America on issues of arms control, the United Nations role and international law.

The article criticizes the contribution of the antiwar movement and the Democratic U.S. Congress to the inability of the U.S. to compel North Vietnam to return U.S. prisoners of war as of 1992. It comments on the failure of the North Vietnamese government to produce an explanation for the incomplete list of U.S. prisoners of war including pilots or other servicemen who were shot down or captured during the Vietnamese Conflict. It also contends that despite the creation of the Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs in 1991, there has been no developments in producing an honest accounting of U.S. prisoners of war.

The article assesses the state of democracy in Latin America and suggests the necessary actions the U.S. government must undertake as of May 11, 1992. The administration of Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez is mired by political corruption. This has resulted to the dissatisfaction of Venezuelan citizens with the government. President Alberto Fujimori of Peru implemented political and economic reforms which endeared him to the U.S. government. However, due to his frustration with the relationship between the business community and the government, he imposed rule by decree. The U.S. then must check the undemocratic procedures taken by Fujimori.

Considers the political upheaval in Russia. Conflict between Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin maneuvering to keep weak the former Soviet Union's central authority, and Mikhail S. Gorbachev trying to regain power from the Republics; Importance of the West's decision regarding whom to support, and how heavily; Gorbachev's ability to maneuver and Yeltsin's political mistakes after the coup attempt; Nuclear weapons and nationalist conflicts.

Presents excerpts from United States President George Bush's State of the Union address that relate to foreign policy, January 29, 1991. Coalition nations; UN resolutions; End of the Cold War; Relationship with the Soviet Union; Course of the war; Purpose in the Persian Gulf; Winds of change and forces of freedom.

States that United States President George Bush will visit Kuwait, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Greece, Turkey, the Soviet Union, Australia and Japan this year.

Details the relationship between United States President George Bush and former President Richard Nixon, one that has flowered over the past six months through telephone calls and lengthy letters on Bush's policy toward China after the Tiananmen Square massacre and on Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Advice on Kuwait; Mutual experiences; Sharing a hard-headed, pragmatic view of international affairs.

Reports that United States President George Bush's upcoming state-of-the-union speech is expected to be short, and to focus on matters abroad.

Presents letters to the editors referencing articles and topics about politics and administration discussed in previous issues of this periodical. "Bloodbath Devalued," which focused on the issue of crimes committed by the U.S. in third world countries; "Plantation Blues," which focused on the issue of the review of the book "How Harvard Rules;" and "Sleaze Protected," which focused on the issue of a computerized database for all people charged with federal crimes.

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.

Comments on various socio-economic and political developments. Lessons that can be learned from the death of fiction writer Samuel Beckett, New York Yankees manager Billy Martin, and the couple Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu; Glimpse of Panama and America from a home-movie footage taken in 1950s; U.S. invasion of Panama; Manifestation of Soviet Union's perestroika in the staging of an exhibit of poor quality goods in Moscow.

Opinion. Contends that US President George Bush has become the wrong kind of president for this kind of era and his frenetic diplomacy has become a national embarrassment. Opposes Bush's neglect of his presidential responsibilities regarding affairs within America's borders; How Bush travels too much abroad; His stance on arms control; The deficit problem; The START Treaty's trivial effect.

Reports that President George Bush will soon announce a major arms-control initiative for the Middle East. Proposal of a ban on all ballistic missiles with more than a 50-mile range; What Bush will do to speed UN efforts to impose a global ban on chemical weapons.