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...changed substantially in the past few years. Among Americans, it is still commonplace to regard the U.S. as the world's foremost power, economically, militarily and in almost every other way. Among Western Europeans, however, the view is quite different. As the highly respected French political scientist Raymond Aron sums it up, "The U.S. is no longer...
...embargo of high technology exports. Some see this reluctance to offend the Soviets as the start of Finlandization, a term derived from the fact that Finland is so thoroughly intimidated by the neighboring Soviets that it dares take no action that might offend them. In the opinion of Raymond Aron, a leading French political analyst, the process has already begun in Europe. Says Aron: "Finlandization starts in the mind. If a nation acts powerless and terrified, that's called Finlandization...
...Jacky Aron Austin...
...interview with TIME, Aron last week reflected on some of the changes in the world and in his views since publication of the first French edition of his book. "The defeat of the left in the 1978 elections removed many of the dangers we feared in France," he said. "But the crisis provoked by oil may be worse than I described in the book. I am also more pessimistic about the fact that the military superiority of the Soviet Union is less and less balanced by the force and the will of the U.S. At the same time, I feel...
...Still, Aron feels disheartened by the U.S. "I am exasperated that you have a President who is not competent and who is paralyzed by Congress. The U.S. has still not managed to get over Viet Nam. You will come out of it in the long run, but the present is not very encouraging...