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DIED. BETTINO CRAXI, 65, Italy's first postwar socialist leader from 1983 to 1987; in Tunisia. He later faced charges of corruption...
...access to India. But the U.S. hasn't taken India nearly as seriously, partly because of the leftist slant of most of its post-independence governments." New Delhi's nonaligned position during the Cold War (which often put it in the Soviet camp, diplomatically) was underscored by the socialist orientation of most of its governments since independence. Relations particularly deteriorated in the early '70s, after the Nixon administration aligned Washington closely with India's archrival, Pakistan, as part of its efforts to outflank the Soviets and improve ties with China (which had a long-running border dispute with India). Pakistan...
...impoverished, India's economy is essentially self-sufficient compared with Pakistan's, which remains a basket case. And despite the fragility of its coalition governments of recent years, India is a stable democracy, while Pakistan has been perennially plagued by military coups and religious extremism. "Its socialist attitudes have hamstrung economic development, but India is a forward-looking democracy," says Dowell. "Pakistan remains a more feudal society whose political elites have kept it mired in its own mess." Given its population size, economic potential and strategic significance, India wants to be thought of as being in the same league...
...Englishmen have been drinking tea, wearing khaki, playing polo and using words such as "pajama," "pundit" and "pariah" (all of which were imported from the Raj). Dowell concurs: "Despite its vast potential and wealth of human capital, U.S. investors see the country hamstrung by the remnants of a socialist administration - realizing the vast potential of this relationship will require that the U.S. be educated about what India really is, but also that India overcome the internal factors that have restrained its growth. When it does, it will be a major power...
...biggest beneficiary of Kohl's demise may be his successor, Gerhard Schroeder, whose Democratic Socialist government had until late last year been struggling to contain a resurgent CDU. "This scandal has destroyed the credibility of the entire opposition because many of its leadership figures have been tainted," says Wallace. "And a couple of months ago they'd looked set to break the Social Democrats' grip on government." But the long-term impact of a scandal of this magnitude goes beyond partisan calculation - Watergate, after all, forever destroyed the trust of a nation in its leaders...