Word: isolationism
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Yet despite these good works, the people of Baalbek resent the Iranian accents affected by their local sheiks, the ban on alcohol and the isolation of their economy. "Lebanese Shi'ites are a joyful people," says Hussein, 40, a shopkeeper. "We don't mind Hizballah fighting Israel, but they're...
I think being lower class has a much greater impact. You and I both know, as a middle-class black you can send your kid to any school you want. But if you and I were on the South Side of Chicago and not doing very well economically, then clearly...
While the Soviet President did not return to Moscow with sacks of money, he achieved something perhaps equally dramatic. He dispersed the cloud of suspicion that had always shrouded Moscow's dealings with the Western democracies. By sitting down at the negotiating table with the leaders of the West and...
The Soviet Union has virtually no experience with anything resembling such a society; at times the reformers trying to create one seem to have only a vague idea of what it would look and feel like. Worse still, their efforts run counter to many traditions inculcated by Russian history; not...
Well, maybe. But to many experts it is hardly a surprise that dictatorial tendencies are still strong while reform movements are splintered. Given the tragic history of Russia, it could hardly be otherwise. The Czars retained absolutism as a quasi-religious principle long after most other European nations had either...