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...diplomatic parlance, Clinton's trip is in large part a "confidence- buildi ng measure." He intends to persuade Western Europe that the U.S. is still involved in Atlantic affairs despite its recent concentration on the Pacific Rim and the North American Free Trade Agreement. "We need to sort of gin up the collective spirit of Europe," he said last week. He will also try to reassure the Central European states that he is concerned about their security while at the same time soothing the apprehensions of Yeltsin and his generals about an encroaching NATO...
Further, he suggested that they start with small steps or "confidence- buildi ng measures." Israel, for example, could reopen West Bank universities that have been closed for three years and ease its harsh policies of arresting and deporting suspected Palestinian troublemakers. The Arabs, in return, could end their formal states of belligerency against Israel (Saudi Arabia, Syria and several other countries are officially still at war with what they term the "Zionist entity") and call off their boycott of foreign companies that do business with the Jewish state. The idea is that if each side could overcome its fear...