Word: accomplisment
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Area studies centers, as they currently exist, are a vital part of American scholarship. They provide extra funding for research into fields that are geopolitically significant, but not traditional foci of academic interest. By enabling interested scholars to pursue research in these areas and cultures, the nation comes to possess...
But the decisive motive was a reading of Gorbachev's intentions. To Shultz and other advisers, the Soviet leader seems genuinely to want, and need, agreements of some kind with the U.S. to bolster his stature as a man who can manage the superpower rivalry successfully. Gorbachev has little to...
There was another reason for European satisfaction with Reagan's speech. Though long used to being confronted with Washington faits accomplis, the NATO leaders this time had been kept informed on the evolution of the policy decision. The zero option was discussed in a meeting of allied defense ministers...
Such an impression is typical of the Western mind. It results from an apparently obvious assumption: if the state authorities publicly promise something, they will at least try to keep their promise. As far as the Eastern Bloc is concerned, this is a serious mistake. One should not forget that...
Even though he had been the one to break off the negotiations last month, Sadat was anxious that talks resume among the three negotiators: Egyptian Foreign Minister Kamal Hassan Ali, Israeli Interior Minister Yosef Burg, and U.S. Special Envoy Sol Linowitz. Sadat still had plenty of misgivings about the Israelis...