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Kremlinologists have been wondering for months whether there are any "red lines" beyond which the military, the KGB, the Communist Party and Soviet public opinion will simply not let Mikhail Gorbachev go. The Lithuanians gambled that for them, at least, the answer was no. Gorbachev has replied that for him and for now, the red line is the border of the U.S.S.R. as it has existed since the end of World War II. Yet at the same time, he has acknowledged that the Baltic peoples are entitled to independence. Therein lies the nub both of the crisis and a possible...
...healthy is Mikhail Gorbachev? Who made the best career move last week? Who is more outrageous, Clayton Williams or Gus Savage? And why might James Baker go to Wyoming for more than the fishing and beautiful scenery? You can discover the answers to all these questions in our expanded, one-page Grapevine section, now running at the front of the magazine. First introduced in Nation two years ago, Grapevine offered readers an insidey look at politics in Washington and across the country. We'll still give you a behind-the-scenes look at those who govern...
...surface the two men would seem to be absurdly mismatched. Mikhail Gorbachev is a master politician who has pushed aside all competitors for power and won countless political battles in his struggle to reform the Soviet Union. He has an army of 4 million at his disposal, and has demonstrated his willingness to use it to crush civil disobedience in the Soviet Union's restive Transcaucasian republics. By contrast, Vytautas Landsbergis, the newly elected President of the tiny Baltic state of Lithuania (pop. 3.7 million), is a bookish, bespectacled musicologist who never before held political office. He presides over...
...this movement," he told a reporter last year, then went on to boast that his eldest grandson, at age seven, wags a national flag at Sajudis meetings. In the grand tradition of the Landsbergis family, the boy, he said, "feels himself a fighter for Lithuania." As Landsbergis matches Mikhail Gorbachev wit for wit, Sajudis colleagues watch the man they affectionately call "maestro" with admiration and fascination. "He is a superb chess player," says Jurate Gustaite, a teacher at the Conservatory. "I have been reminded of that a lot lately as I watch him maneuver so deftly, always thinking several steps...
Many Europeans see a nation that is no longer there. But the emergence of a mightier Germany means it will have to be reassuring to its neighbors while the Atlantic partners try to redesign the alliance. -- Mikhail Gorbachev takes on more powers -- and more problems. -- Israel's government stumbles and falls over the peace process...