Word: foreign
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Fulbright does not adequately address these difficulties in the text, but he correctly points out that there is not a proper dialogue about the Constitution's effectiveness, particularly in the realm of foreign policy. The primary reason for this is that most Americans have accepted the Constitution as holy writ, free from error and blasphemous to criticize...
...improving U.S. foreign policy will be to have leaders who are open-minded about policy, willing to listen to those who disagree. Leaders can learn a lot from a dissenting opinion...
...still significant progress. Meanwhile, America's onetime enemies are either realigning or undergoing a potentially millennial transformation, or both. In China "modernization" is a euphemism for de-communization. Viet Nam is pulling its troops out of Kampuchea and liberalizing its joint-venture laws to permit greater ownership by foreign investors. Even the hermit tyranny of North Korea has agreed to cooperate with a Seoul businessman in the development of a mountain resort just north of the Demilitarized Zone -- a breakthrough that will probably mean more for geopolitics than for international tourism...
...East Asia has dropped to one-third of what it was in 1975, when George Bush left his post as head of the U.S. liaison office in Beijing. Japan, meanwhile, has increased its overall foreign-aid program tenfold, and is now the No. 1 net donor. One-third of the U.S.'s total foreign trade is with East Asia, yet nearly two-thirds of its staggering $137.3 billion trade deficit originates there. That imbalance is nearly 20 times as severe today...
...more likely these days than in the past to be kept cooling his heels in the anteroom of a Prime Minister's office -- and less likely to get the U.S. Government's way once he is admitted. In short, American economic problems have become a national security and foreign policy issue...