Word: arce
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Exactly a year ago, as the Shah's regime was crumbling in Iran, Zbigniew Brzezinski began warning about instability in the whole "arc of crisis," to the south of the Soviet Union. Last week, with his desk piled a foot high with classified cables on Afghanistan, Brzezinski gave an interview to TIME Correspondents Christopher Ogden and Gregory Wierzynski. Usually ebullient, he was somber and chose his words with exceptional care. Excerpts...
...Soviet actions introduce a highly dynamic element in a very volatile area of the world. About a year ago, I described that area as "an arc of crisis." I meant by that phrase a number of countries that have different internal causes of instability but cumulatively are facing widespread regional turbulence. The Soviet Union has chosen both to exploit that turbulence and to project its power into it. This is likely to be highly destabilizing for all of the neighbors of Afghanistan. The Soviets may hope to extract some benefits from it, but they should be increasingly aware that international...