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...Russians, though, may prove more dangerous than propping them up. Secretary of State James Baker announced in January that the U.S. would contribute $25 million toward an institute in Moscow that will employ Russian nuclear scientists and presumably keep them from hiring out to outlaw states such as Libya and Iraq. The same logic should apply to space scientists and hardware, which -- as the hard-liners themselves maintain -- could pose a threat as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space Program for Sale | 3/16/1992 | See Source »

...then explain his plan to the American public. But others say Bush should play to his foreign policy strengths, telling Americans that he wants to solidify the gains in Eastern Europe, stabilize the former Soviet Union, win a free-trade agreement with Mexico and keep foreign bullies like Libya's Muammar Gaddafi and North Korea's Kim Il Sung in line. Said one disgusted campaign official last week: "This man brought peace to the world, but he's afraid to use his own playbook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The President Why Is This Man Smiling? | 3/16/1992 | See Source »

...based on extremist Russian nationalism. This could trigger war among the former Soviet republics, force the West to rearm, threaten Eastern Europe's security, relieve pressures in China for political reform and lead to sales of Russian arms and military technology to rogue states such as Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya and North Korea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: We Are Ignoring Our World Role | 3/16/1992 | See Source »

...world with Thirty Seconds over Tripoli. That raid was nothing less than an assassination attempt, in the same spirit as the cloak-and-dagger boys' dreams of using exploding cigars and Mafia hit men to finish off Castro in the 1960s. Much was made of how U.S. bombers taught Libya a lesson for its sponsorship of terrorism. Maybe so, but they missed their main target: Gaddafi himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America Abroad: High Noon Minus the Shoot-Out | 2/10/1992 | See Source »

...prospect that such cooperation will broaden into a nuclear mutual-aid society haunts Israeli experts in particular. Leshem believes that "an international Mafia aimed at getting the Bomb for every member" already exists and is swapping technology and training. The buyers would include Iran, Algeria and to some extent Libya. China is the leading seller, and North Korea is playing both roles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Else Will Have the Bomb? | 12/16/1991 | See Source »

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