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Glasser implies, mistakenly, that the presence of more international students means that the Kennedy School is shifting its emphasis to diplomacy and international relations. Very few foreign students, however, are training to be diplomats. They have interests in a wide range of areas such as health and human resources, transportation, governing at the state and local level, security issues, energy, the environment, etc. And we have a great deal to learn from them...
Vladimir Kryuchkov, 64. Like Gorbachev a protege of Yuri Andropov, he has served since 1974 as head of the KGB's foreign-intelligence operation. Kryuchkov was named to his late mentor's longtime job as chief of the KGB over several more senior officials. Promoted...
Anatoli Dobrynin, 68. For 24 years the Soviet Ambassador to Washington, the roly-poly Dobrynin was installed by Gorbachev as the party's chief foreign affairs adviser in 1986. He was frequently seen with Gorbachev when the General Secretary received foreign leaders, and was thus believed safe in his job. But he may have been too closely associated with the Gromyko era in foreign affairs to adjust well to Gorbachev's "new thinking." Retired...
Alexander Yakovlev, 64. Ambassador to Canada for ten years, Yakovlev has been a key architect of the Gorbachev reform program. He was given a reorganized version of Dobrynin's Central Committee job dealing with foreign affairs. Promoted...
After some two years of bargaining, the U.S. and Spain last week finally reached an agreement extending the U.S. lease on four military bases on Spanish soil. Under the accord worked out by U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz and Spanish Foreign Minister Francisco Fernandez Ordonez, the U.S. retains access to the bases for eight years. The current pact expired...