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...simple: Western aid to the prostrate Soviet economy in exchange for a commitment to radical political and economic change. The numbers being bandied about are $20 billion or $30 billion a year, three or four billion of that from the U.S., for five years. "The strategy," write Graham Allison and Robert Blackwill of Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government in the current Foreign Affairs, is to "create incentives for leaders . . . to choose a future consistent with our mutual best interest by promising real assistance for real reform...
...think it's better that we have so many choices," says Allison Anchors, 24, a veteran New York City rock-club employee. "When I was visiting in Florida, it was so cool. All styles and races totally mixed. There would be dance-offs, with three homeboys going against three Army guys. Everyone doesn't follow one music anymore. People are getting more diverse. They finally woke up. Or got bored." Christina Amphlett, lead singer of the spunky, post-punky DiVinyls, says, "The whole rap thing has been a rhythm revolution. It's always good to have diversity...
According to Allison, the "grand bargain" is an effort to outline the steps the Soviets can take to move to a democracy and a free market, as well as "actions the U.S. and allies would take to motivate, enable and facilitate these Soviet initiatives...
...Harvard initiative, developed by Blackwill and Allison, says that it is in the interest of both the West and the Soviet Union to avoid the disintegration of the superpower. A civil war in the Soviet Union could drastically raise the risk of nuclear war, the initiative states...
...joint paper, as well as the initial drafts developed independently by the Harvard and Soviet teams, will be presented by Allison and Yavlinsky to U.S. officials. Gorbachev examined the Soviet plan last week...