Word: flaw
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Empire's Fatal Flaw...
...U.S.S.R.'s identity as the world's last multinational empire may be the tragic flaw in Gorbachev's vision. It may prevent him from going as far as he would like -- and as far as he must to succeed. Certainly the imperative of maintaining order and preventing the breakup of the country is a large part of his reason for opposing the removal from the Soviet constitution of Article 6, which gives the Communist Party a monopoly on political power. A confrontation looms with the Baltic states over their intention to cancel Article 6 and declare their own communist parties...