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Much of the blame for the present impasse falls on the Arabs. Arafat has known for months that he could make progress toward negotiations only if he forged an agreement with Hussein on a joint diplomatic strategy. Arab moderates have advised Arafat that, given the pressures imposed by the rapid...
The wonder of the P.L.O. is that it has managed to stay together so long. The umbrella organization is actually composed of at least eight groups. Foremost among the factions is Fatah, which holds an overwhelming majority of the seats on the Palestine National Council, the organization's de...
The Carter Administration is partly to blame for the current state of affairs, Cardenal believes. While Carter was instrumental in pressuring Somoza to step down, he did little to insure that moderates succeeded the dictator. A power-vacuum evolved, Cardenal claims, not unlike the one in 1917 Russia, and "the...
Reagan also warned that the U.S. must not "appear to be divided" on such crucial issues as the deployment and diplomacy of nuclear weapons. Yet Reagan's own Administration is sharply divided between extreme hard-liners and embattled moderates. Policies and proposals have emerged as a result of uneasy...
Now the President appears ready to try the other tack. Baker has been authorized to begin quiet negotiations with the Budget Committee to push the defense increase closer to 7%-which is the consensus among moderates in Congress of what a generous level would be-before the final 1984 spending...