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These dramatic developments in Western Europe are only the most recent examples of the global advances socialism has made in the decades following World War II. Today, self-proclaimed socialists of one variety or another rule 53 of the world's sovereign states, controlling 39% of its territory and 42% of its population. Such numbers alone can be misleading, for societies calling themselves socialist include Western-style democracies and repressive Communist dictatorships, constitutional republics and hereditary monarchies. Socialism is a flag of convenience that accommodates technocrats and market-minded economists, that allows fascist-type dictators or small-time Bonapartes...
...Would a sovereign Quebec honor its defense commitments...
...lying," he said. "There's no other way to call it." Sadat was expected to ask Carter to put pressure on Israel to dismantle the settlements. As one U.S. official in Jerusalem put it, "We don't like it, but what can we do? We can't stop a sovereign government from doing what it wants." Nonetheless, American diplomats are troubled by a feeling that Jerusalem still does not fully understand the implications of the settlement ventures or the extent to which they may impede negotiations...
Abroad, the Soviets and other East-bloc nations protested that Carter was interfering in the domestic concerns of sovereign states. But Carter had struck a chord, and throughout the year the sound would not be stilled. The campaign focused world attention upon political thuggery, torture, repression?and there were reverberations. The Pinochet regime in Chile belatedly sought to polish its discreditable image by announcing that it was disbanding the country's notorious secret police agency, DINA. In Iran, the Shah's hated secret police organization, SAVAK, eased up somewhat on political dissidents. In the Eastern bloc, the human rights campaign...
Government borrowers face a similar deterrent: the necessity of applying to Moody's and Standard & Poor's, the credit-investigating agencies, for ratings for their bonds. The foreigners, says Koerner, thought that ignominious: "Their feeling was, 'Dammit, we are a sovereign country. Why should these private American companies come and tell the world whether or not we have done a good job?' It was a bit like asking someone to take off his pants in front of someone he did not even know." Wall Street underwriters stress that going to the agencies is part of growing...