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...Georgi Arbatov, 59, worked closely with General Secretary Yuri Andropov from 1964 to 1967, when, as a young research scholar, Arbatov joined the Central Committee's department in charge of relations with other Communist parties. Four years later, Arbatov founded the Institute of the U.S.A. and Canada, an influential policy-related think tank that studies all aspects of U.S. life. In an exclusive interview in his Moscow office last week with TIME Moscow Bureau Chief Erik Amfitheatrof and Reporter Felix Rosenthal, Arbatov predictably blamed the U.S. for fueling the arms race. He stressed the Soviet Union's opposition...
...Afghanistan and the Soviet Union's human rights record. He defended U.S. trade sanctions, saying that "it is not realistic to isolate our economic relationship from our overall political relationship." Hartman's speech, which was unusually harsh for the ambassador, drew an immediate rebuttal from Georgi Arbatov, a fellow panelist and director of the Soviet Institute of the U.S.A. and Canada Studies. Denouncing Washington's talk about human rights as "hypocritical," Arbatov angrily criticized Washington's treatment of American Indians and its role in El Salvador. Said he: "Don't think we owe you something...
...Andropov's personality and private life are even more shadowy than those of other Politburo members. Soviet Historian Roy Medvedev says Andropov has only one hobby?politics. "He's a politician who loves politics." A widower, Andropov has a son, Igor, 37, who has worked under Soviet Americanologist Georgi Arbatov at Moscow's Institute of U.S.A. and Canada Studies. According to Hough, Arbatov has had a long personal and professional relationship with Andropov and may now become the equivalent of national security adviser to the new General Secretary...
...took place ten years ago this week: Richard Nixon's visit to the Soviet Union to sign the first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty. Reducing strategic weapons promises to be more of a challenge than limiting them. "We want to talk, but the basis must be acceptable," warns Georgi Arbatov, a member of the Central Committee who is the top authority on American affairs. The Administration's arms-control planners feel much the same. Yet the very fact that the powerful antagonists of East and West are edging uncertainly to ward the conference table may do much to tame...
...defected. After studying at Oxford University in England, the former "Americanologist" is making her first visit to this country. She'll be speaking here today in a seminar open to the public. The talk, sponsored by the Russian Research Center, will concern "The Role of Arbatov's Institute on the USA and Canada in the Policy-Making Process of the Soviet Union," and take place at 4 p.m. in Room 4, Coolidge Hall, 1737 Cambridge...