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...made weapons and a somewhat democratic mandate, could become an example of the peril of hawkishness. He has proven his readiness to assume dictatorial powers in the past--he declared martial law after a slew of political and economically-related protests--and he could yet have some totalitarian or expansionist ambitions up his camouflage sleeve...
...much more electricity. Additional billions would be extended on the condition that Kiev undertake some major economic reforms. In the view of U.S. officials, Ukraine, a nation of 52 million, could become either a new sick man of Europe or a major power and barrier to a possibly newly expansionist Russia. But having promised to give up its nuclear weapons, Ukraine needs other means of ensuring its independence from Moscow. Increasing its nuclear generating capacity, and thus making it less dependent on fuels bought from Russia, could help...
Russia's top ultranationalist, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, celebrated his 48th birthday in expansionist style...
Many of the problems Clinton perceives today are the same ones that John Kennedy confronted 30 years ago. Clinton doesn't have an expansionist Soviet Union to face, although more than enough tough foreign crises require his careful attention. The real parallel, though, is the economy, which was everything then and is everything now. "What is at stake," Kennedy said, putting matters in their proper perspective at Yale in 1962, "is not some grand warfare of rival ideologies which will sweep the country with passion but the practical management of a modern economy. What we need is not ((party)) labels...
...December the E.C., at its summit meeting in Edinburgh, expressed its outrage at "these acts of unspeakable brutality." So did the U.N. Security Council. The E.C. summit appointed a 12-member team, which found mass rape had been committed "in the context of expansionist strategy" -- that is, ethnic cleansing. The investigators reported that "daughters are often raped in front of parents, mothers in front of children, and wives in front of husbands." David Andrews, a member of the commission, who was at the time Ireland's Foreign Minister, said it was clear that rape had "become an instrument...