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Focuses on challenges faced by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as it moves into the 21st century. Organization's success in adapting to international conditions for over five decades; Need to ensure that trade and economic disagreements do not disrupt cooperative relations; Core missions of NATO; Enlargement of the group; Defense planning. INSET: Article 5.

Focuses on legislation called the Reinventing Government Act aiming to examine the organization and operations of the federal government. Desire for real reform; Asking the right questions; Process concerns; Content concerns; Turf wars; Challenge for Republicans and Democrats. INSET: The Office of Personnel Management..

Discusses the relevance of the United States Armed Forces in relation to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in the post-Cold War era in Europe. Fruits of the NATO; Prospects of dissolution; Post-cold war problems; Reorganization issue.

The article reports on the benefits of the tax cuts under the Roth-Kemp bill in the U.S. in September 1978. It says that a tax cut can finance itself without causing inflation because it can increase gross national product (GNP), reduce marginal tax rates and foster growth and employment. The author adds that the Roth boomerang economics is designed to return tax dollars not to the federal government but to the wage and salary earners of the country. The estimated revenue reflows from the tax cuts and the importance of lower tax rates are also discussed.