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...Germans wanted, practically pleaded, to pool their sovereignty at Maastricht in a broad European political union. Such a union was promised, but is a long way from reality. "If the Maastricht Treaty stalls, then we may see a return to traditional policies of the German nation-state," warns Francois Heisbourg, director of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies. "Then Germany could feel free to break out and go its own way." That happened twice in this century, with devastating consequences. It would be the height of folly for Europe's leaders to risk letting it happen again...
...year? Paul Goble, deputy director of research at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, argues that if Gorbachev still intends to follow the path of perestroika and demokratizatsiya, he will have to allow the Baltics to break away by Christmas and possibly Moldavia not long thereafter. Some experts, such as Francois Heisbourg, director of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, believe Gorbachev will use military force as a last resort to hold things together. Western intelligence officers, however, say the army has intervened very reluctantly in ethnic conflicts in the Caucasus and Central Asia and will not do so indefinitely...
...says that "any country that doesn't want to have its strings pulled by Washington and Moscow can come here without fear of meddling." But French government officials bristle at charges that the trade is opportunistic, or that they put weapons in the hands of radical governments. Says Francois Heisbourg, a former adviser to the Defense Ministry: "This country could probably be making several billion dollars a year more if it were willing to sell to just anybody." Paris claims to sell no weapons to South Africa, and direct deals with Libya, Chile and Iran have been ended...
...GEORGES HEISBOURG...