Word: successful
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...danger of leftist revolution spreading not only to neighboring Central American countries but eventually even to Mexico. Washington's strategy to prevent that has been to sponsor the anti-Sandinista contras, with the avowed aim of putting pressure on the Sandinistas to stop exporting revolution. U.S. diplomats claim some success. Asserts one: "This (Sandinista) government is in trouble. It has gone 180 degrees from preaching 'revolution without frontiers' to saving its own revolution...
...policy of "constructive engagement" toward South Africa, however, has touched off bitter and growing controversy. The policy aims at encouraging the white South African government to ease its oppressive racial policies by behind-the-scenes pressure rather than public denunciation. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Frank Wisner claims some success; he notes that "South Africa and black Africa are talking to each other" and sees some easing of apartheid within South Africa. But the country has been racked by black protests, backed up by demonstrations in the U.S. American liberals and some South African blacks charge that the Reagan Administration...
Gregory Henderson, author and specialist in Korean affairs questioned the success of free elections. He suggested that even if they were to occur, the present electoral procedures would allmost ensure Chun's re-election...
...should be under any illusions that such a policy will likely bring success. The Chinese-Vietnamese enmity may well be too bitter for either to allow the other to save face. The Vietnamese may be too arrogant to agree on reasonable terms with the United States. In the same way, the American bipolar view of the world could blind us to the possibility that the Vietnamese might be amenable to an agreement. And if no way can be found to minimize the influence of the Khmer Rouge forces, it seems to make little sense to ask the Vietnamese troops...
...following no strict political ideology. An outsider on the Reagan team in 1980, he overcame White House infighting, criticism from the far right, which considered him too moderate, and suspicion of involvement in the Debategate scandal to emerge as the President's most valuable player. He owes his success largely to an uncommon skill at forging coalitions across ideological lines. His finesse in dealing with politicians is matched by his rapport with much of the Washington press corps. In an Administration wary of journalists, Baker has cultivated reporters and quietly rallied public opinion behind the President's policies...