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...picture was complex enough to give a President indigestion. "You know," Clinton remarked at one point, "the problem is that in this post-cold war period, the lines just aren't as clear as they were before." One of the guests at the table, James Schlesinger, former Defense Secretary and former CIA director, replied, "Mr. President, that is your fate. You will just have to get used to dealing with ambiguity...
...officials routinely had their staff work done by uniformed personnel of the Joint Chiefs. Inman may be less likely than Aspin to fill Pentagon offices with former congressional aides. But if Inman's wise, he will fill posts more quickly. Aspin launched one of the major undertakings of his tenure, a "bottom up" review of military-force needs in the post-cold war era, even as dozens of high-level vacancies remained, including the secretaries of the Army, Navy and Air Force...
...missions such as these were intended to be a cornerstone of the post-cold war world. A revitalized U.N. was supposed to rectify wrongs that had long gone unchallenged in a world of superpower politics...
...close examination of the detritus lying in the wake of last week's frenzied lobbying reveals that this debate has been instructive in revealing the enormity of the political challenges which face us in a post-Cold War environment. Lost in the debate however, was the fact that the terms of engagement between industrialized and developing countries, between the North and South have been redefined...
...purpose and its demise would soon follow. Now the East Europeans are clamoring for protection from -- depending on their location -- Russia, Germany, Ukraine or one another. The preferred solution of each is full NATO membership, an ambition that could mesh with the West's desire to find a post-cold war role for the alliance and a new world order that works...