Word: dewar
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...forward. He proposed instead that NATO and Russia jointly guarantee the security of the states in between -- a formula that sounded uncomfortably close to the situation of East-West polarity that existed in the bad old days. "That was clearly the result of the Russian generals' pressure," says Michael Dewar, deputy director of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies. "They were furious, and Yeltsin had no option but to eat his words...
...Eastern Europe and the Baltics, and a general decline in its living standards. So it will demand improvements. And it will also insist on a freer hand in dealing with security threats along Russia's borders with the newly independent republics and within Russia itself. "The generals," says Michael Dewar, deputy director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, "see nothing but instability inside Russia and on its periphery. They want the government to end the former and give the military the power to protect against the latter...
...foreign leaders, George Bush would surely have retained that lease. The Commander-in-Chief who oversaw the end of the cold war, prosecuted Desert Storm and set Arab-Israeli peace talks in motion gets top marks on foreign policy from most of his counterparts overseas. Says Michael Dewar, the deputy director of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies: "If foreign policy were the main issue, Bush would win hands down -- and rightly...
...inadequate attention to the late world according to Marx. Yet Clinton also looks toward bankrolling much of his domestic program through deep cost cutting on defense. The promotion of disarmament, democracy and human rights abroad is not terribly persuasive if little money and muscle are behind it. As Dewar notes, moreover, "Clinton wants to retain the American presence abroad, but the question is, Will he be allowed to by the electorate and Congress...
...Baker to keep U.S. troop levels in Europe, already down to half the 300,000-strong contingent of two years ago, to a minimum of 100,000 after 1995; excluding support personnel, that number will really amount to only 75,000 combat troops. "If he goes below 75,000," Dewar says, "it will be dangerously low." Even the French, who have been trying to ease America gently out of its commanding role, would blanch at the idea of insufficient U.S. force levels in Europe. As a senior French diplomat acknowledges, "We don't want America to dominate Europe...