Word: buffer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...country has strengthened its ties with Egypt, America's major Arab ally in the Middle East. Sudan shields Egypt's southern flank from attack and safeguards the upper reaches of Egypt's economic mainstay, the Nile River. In recent years, Sudan has also served as a buffer against the designs of Libya's Gaddafi, whom Nimeiri derides as having "two personalities, both of them evil." Finally, Sudan's key location might make it an ideal staging area for U.S. forces in the event of a military threat to the Persian Gulf. Last February, President Reagan...
...improving climate comes at an important time. Lebanese President Amin Gemayel is engaged in delicate negotiations with his country's brawling factions over a security pact that would extend his military authority beyond Beirut and strengthen the buffer zones between Christians and the Shi'ite Muslims and Druze. Washington is pushing the plan not only because it will enhance the chances for a lasting cease-fire but because it could provide an opportunity to redeploy the Marines to safer ground. Two of America's partners in the Multi-National Force also were increasingly restive about being pinned...
...supposed winners from the reform--Indian and colored voters--are now placed in an unpleasant buffer position. Many of their leaders have urged a boycott of the segregated chambers of Parliament, while others are more willing to lay down for their former oppressors. So a new twist is added to apartheid...
...fresher in the '60s and early '70s, when American strategic power held a vast advantage over the Soviets. Directly related to this war memory is Russia's intense desire to keep Germany split. In a sense, Soviet domination of Eastern Europe is justified in the Russian view as a "buffer zone," with E. Germany serving as the forward bustion between the homeland and any future aggression. Four, even paranoia, of a reunited Germany, backed by the United States, rules Russian policy concerning Europe. The Soviets therefore viewed the talks as a means of essentially ratifying the postwar occupational boundaries...
...established the Soviet and Western "buffer zones," from which neither have made substantial deviations. These zones are built on conventional force deployment: tactical nuclear weapons came later. As they were developed, they were integrated into the battle plans of each alliance as weapons of potential use rather than deterrence, like ICBMs. And now Euromissles have arrived to add to the confusion...