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Clinton's first priority at the NATO summit is to gain final approval for his Partnership for Peace, which will provide an option for any former Soviet republic, Warsaw Pact member or non-NATO West European state to join in limited military cooperation, including training and exercises, with NATO's 16 members. In Warsaw last week General John Shalikashvili, the Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said NATO will be ready for joint military exercises with Polish forces as early as this year. But while strengthening links, the Partnership will fall far short of full membership...
...leading NATO states like Britain and France are in no hurry to take Poland or Hungary into the alliance, which is above all a military pact. Outgoing Defense Secretary Aspin says he is "uncomfortable with extending security guarantees to new countries while we're cutting the defense budget." If Poland were admitted to NATO, "we would be saying that an attack on Poland would be the same as an attack on New York." A threat to use nuclear weapons to back that up might not be credible, and a conventional defense of Poland against invasion from the east would cost...
...more aggressive Russian line in foreign policy. In recent weeks Moscow has toughened its expressions of concern about the shabby treatment of ethnic Russians in former republics. It has also signalled a vague willingness to retaliate if NATO decides to open its membership to the former Warsaw Pact states. That may mean the parliament balking at the provisions of the Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe and SALT II. U.S. analysts warn that under the new parliament, Russia's arms sales abroad will rise, as will the budgets of the security and military services...
Washington -- The Clinton Administration has persuaded Japan to agree to a dramatic loosening of controls on Supercomputer sales to China and former Warsaw Pact nations. Since 1987, Japan and the U.S. have had a pact to restrict sales of supercomputers because of their value in nuclear-weapons programs. The policy shift could be worth $5 billion to U.S. firms...
...Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was forced to pour 5,000 more soldiers into the region to control the cycle of murder and reprisal that has killed 41 Palestinians and 14 Israelis since the signing of the Sept. 13 pact...