Word: andropov
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...officials had been hoping that Soviet leaders would duly note that Reagan had not sought harsh retaliatory penalties against the U.S.S.R. because of the shooting down of a South Korean airliner by a Soviet Su-15 interceptor, despite all the condemnatory rhetoric out of Washington. And Soviet President Yuri Andropov had remained publicly silent about the air atrocity, leading some in the Administration to wonder whether he might wish to pick up Reagan's cue and offer some fresh arms control proposals of his own. But when Andropov finally did issue a statement last week (he has not appeared...
...Andropov's blast certainly killed any remaining slim chance that the NATO-backed deployment of U.S. Pershing II and cruise missiles in Europe will not begin, as scheduled, in December. Once that happens, the Administration's entire arms control philosophy will face an acid test. Either the new U.S. missile presence will pressure the Soviets to bargain more seriously in Geneva, as the Administration has long predicted they would, or the U.S.S.R. will carry out its threats to employ "countermeasures"-and the superpower arms race will be off and running anew...
...While Andropov did not spell out exactly what that "appropriate response" might be, Washington has been rife with speculation that the Soviets might station submarines with nuclear missiles off the U.S. coasts and break off the INF talks. Still, key White House officials, perhaps wishfully, saw Andropov's speech more as an attempt to frighten European populations about the planned U.S. deployment than as an outright rejection of the Reagan proposals. Despite the Soviets' latest psychological offensive, however, the prevailing view among Western Europe's leaders was that the debate over missiles in Europe...
...Primakov and the advocates of "progressive Islam," as Primakov's position might be dubbed, will fare under Andropov remains to be seen; power politics in the Kremlin have their own logic, and the substance of Primakov's argument may ultimately have little bearing on his ability to expand or even maintain his position during Andropov's rule...
...doctrine of progressive Islam, however, could well appeal to the apparently pragmatic Andropov, for it provides an ideological justification for a Soviet attempt to harness the anti-Americanism of resurgent Islam, and so subsume religious fundamentalism within the framework of East-West rivalry. Such a doctrine also creates intellectual justification for overt support of left wing Muslim fundamentalists, which groups have in the past received only covert assistance...