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Diplomatic Correspondent Strobe Talbott just completed a tour through Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Guatemala to learn how U.S. policy looks from Central America. "Arriving in Guatemala in the violent aftermath of last week's elections," he reports, "and meeting with defense officials, I found an embattled, suspense-charged atmosphere that reminded me of western films, in which the gunslingers are getting ready for high noon." On a different front, Washington Correspondent Johanna McGeary has also been covering the Salvadoran conflict, but long-distance at the State Department. She has been reporting what she calls "the war of the words...
...press. Following the recent shake-up of the NSC, the new National Security Adviser, William Clark, not only asked Pipes to stay on as the White House's resident Kremlinologist but also allowed him to grant his first interview. Talking with TIME Diplomatic Correspondent Strobe Talbott, Pipes discussed the future of Soviet Communism and the possibility of nuclear war. Excerpts...
...equally true that those who dwell obsessively on the past are prone to poor analysis, divisive debate, unconstructive criticism and bad decisions as they face the future. In short, they are doomed to ask the wrong questions, which can only yield the wrong answers. -By Strobe Talbott...
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...Strobe Talbott's commentary is a superb assessment of the legacy of Karl Marx. I am not blind to the shortcomings of our political and economic system. Nevertheless, misuse of power and position, however gross, is hindered in the U.S. by internal controls and (sometimes excessive) scrutiny by a free press. Even if some abusers go unseen and unchecked, their terms are limited...