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...Deputy wondered, "how can our thousand-member Congress rule Russia?" Surveying the scene, a Russian journalist observed, "It's scary. If they vote in favor of impeachment, how are they going to enforce it? Secondly, they are not sure of the people's support." In Paris, Pierre Hassner, research director of the University of Paris Political Science Foundation, put it more sharply: "Everyone was scared of doing something irreversible and ending up with another Yugoslavia or Lebanon...
...French political analyst Pierre Hassner...
...comparison is a bit hyperbolic: hardly anyone expects a third World War to blossom from the present fighting in the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina. But in other respects Hassner's comment is right on. The essence of Bush's "new world order," proclaimed shortly before the Persian Gulf war, was that quick, decisive action by international bodies would make the world unsafe for aggression. But when the next test came, in the breakup of Yugoslavia, the U.S. and its European allies floundered...
...Eurocommunists also misread the pulse of a new generation of voters. While they promoted an agenda of disarmament, peace and democracy, they failed to offer voters a concrete program that would tackle the consumer-oriented concerns of the 1980s, such as inflation and unemployment. Says Pierre Hassner, a French expert on Communist affairs: "The Communist Party has become a party of another era. It's old-fashioned, and that's political suicide...
...France, Pierre Hassner of the National Foundation of Political Science disputed the practicality and timing of Kissinger's proposals, but he agreed that the problems posed are real. "Europeans have to take greater charge of their own defense," he said, "but that can come only gradually." Cesare Merlini, head of Italy's Institute for Foreign Affairs, welcomed the debate. Said he: "I don't like Kissinger's diagnosis, but I like the therapy...