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Eagleburger had yet to be confirmed by the Senate as Assistant Secretary of State, and Pillsbury threatened to use his influence with conservative Republicans to block the confirmation. The attempted blackmail did not work; Eagleburger approved the statement anyway, and Pillsbury was soon dismissed from the Arms Control and Disarmament...
Yet much of Arafat's power was not military but political. As the premier spokesman on the highly charged issue of Palestine, Arafat had threatened, cajoled and argued his way into every council in the Arab world, most of the chancelleries of Western Europe, the United Nations and even...
As for El Salvador, LaFeber claims that U.S. policies have failed on two counts. Increased aid and training to Salvadoran troops has not produced a victory over leftist guerrillas in the civil war and the much publicized election of March 2, 1982 have only ducted the rebels' cause by bringing...
Located on the Pakistani border, Punjab is one of India's most strategic states. It is also the wealthiest agricultural region, supplying the nation with 80% of its wheat. Yet when it comes to industrial development, claim the Sikhs, the government consistently slights them. Sikh moderates would be appeased...
The Administration's steely Latin policy has primarily been the doing of Clark and Kirkpatrick. Now the clout of both is diminished. No liberal conspiracy has subverted President Reagan, but the Administration's moderates have indeed moved toward control of foreign policymaking. True, Weinberger, an unswerving hawk and...