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Seize the Moment

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by Richard Nixon


  East Europe security and, 116–118, 127–31

  end of history and, 21–23

  of Gorbachev, 62

  idealism and, 36, 37–38, 274–78

  ideology and, 101–4

  isolationism and, 14, 32–33

  in Middle East, 204–7, 209–12

  military power and, 23

  Muslim world and, 39, 199–200, 204–10

  national interests and, 36–37

  NATO restructuring and, 140–144

  in Pacific rim, 184–93

  peripheral interests and, 36–37

  self-determination and, 72–73

  Soviet military and, 114–15

  Soviet republics and, 74–76, 139–40

  of Soviet Union, 81–84

  Turkey and, 205–6

  U.N. and, 34–35

  in underdeveloped world, 39, 232–37, 262–63

  unified Germany and, 118–21

  united Europe and, 121–22

  U.S. decline and, 24–26

  U.S.-German relationship and, 136–39

  vital interests and, 36

  Western Europe and, 115–16

  France, 25, 32, 59–60, 72, 78, 153, 275

  German unification and, 119, 127

  Middle East and, 210–11

  Persian Gulf War and, 126, 127, 139

  Frederick II (“the Great”), King of

  Prussia, 36

  free-trade zone, 266–67

  Fukien, 175

  Fuller, Leon, 303

  General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT), 137, 181, 264

  Genocide Convention, 135–36

  Georgia (republic), 46

  Germany, Democratic Republic of (East), 16, 17, 19, 24, 134

  Soviet troops in, 114–15

  Germany, Federal Republic of (West), 19, 268–69, 275

  cold war and, 119–20

  economic growth of, 115

  Soviet Union and, 120–21, 123

  technology-export policies of, 121, 138

  Germany, Imperial, 120

  Germany, Nazi, 16, 75

  Germany, unified, 26, 114, 129, 137, 138, 152, 153, 238, 273, 286

  new power of, 118–21

  Persian Gulf War and, 24, 32, 126–27, 136–37

  U.S. relationship with, 136–39

  Germany, Weimar, 72, 285

  Ghana, 246

  glasnost, 63, 65, 105, 106

  Global Protection Against Limited Strikes system, 88–89

  Goethe, Johann von, 293

  Gorbachev, Mikhail, 50, 70, 81, 99, 100, 101, 123, 125, 142, 166, 170, 182, 279

  arms control and, 83–89, 279

  assessment of, 104–8

  August coup and, 30–31, 66–67, 70, 75–76, 78–79, 107

  Bush administration and, 77

  cabinet of, 47–49

  China visit of, 20, 179

  East European economy and, 90–91

  economic mismanagement by, 96–97

  espionage activities and, 93–95

  Europe’s future as envisioned by, 112–13

  foreign policy of, 62

  Kohl and, 120

  as loyal to communism, 43–44, 53–55, 63–64, 95–96

  military expenditures and, 82–83

  Nobel Peace Prize awarded to, 46–47, 60

  reactionaries and, 26–27

  reforms of, 14–15, 18, 54–58, 73

  Persian Gulf War and, 214

  personality of, 61

  Shevardnadze’s assessment of, 108

  START talks and, 84–86

  Western perception of, 80

  Yeltsin contrasted with, 50–55, 76–77, 95

  Yeltsin’s perception of, 105

  Zia’s opinion of, 106

  Gorbunovs, Anatolijs, 58

  Great Britain, 25, 32, 59–60, 78, 136, 153, 156, 275

  German unification and, 119, 127

  Hong Kong and, 175, 238–39

  Middle East and, 210–11

  Persian Gulf War and, 126, 127, 139

  Great Society, 292

  Greece, 16, 272

  Group Areas Act, 258

  GRU, 93

  Guangdong, 175

  Guatemala, 264

  Gulf Cooperation Council, 213

  gun-control laws, 295

  Hassan, King of Morocco, 207–8

  Havel, Vaclav, 58

  health care, 291, 294

  Helsinki Final Act, 135

  Hitler, Adolf, 22, 29, 120, 300, 303

  Hitler-Stalin Pact, 16

  Holocaust, 300

  Hong Kong, 39, 163, 170, 183, 233, 237, 238–39, 241, 245, 250

  China and, 181–82

  Great Britain and, 175, 238–39

  Houphouët-Boigny, Félix, 244

  human rights, 33, 177, 257, 261

  China’s record of, 172–78, 182, 185, 193

  India’s violation of, 206

  international community and, 135–36

  Hungary, 16, 17, 19, 49, 90, 115, 127–29, 130, 132, 134, 135

  Hun Sen, 188, 260

  Hussein, King of Jordan, 226

  Hussein, Saddam, 15, 22, 24, 29, 32, 62–63, 121, 138, 180, 195, 201, 203, 204–5, 214–15, 220, 222, 236, 273, 303

  Hu Yaobang, 61, 166, 168

  Ibsen, Henrik, 58–59

  IMF (International Monetary Fund), 150

  imperial tradition, 43

  import restrictions, 265

  import substitution, 239–40

  India, 17, 21, 165, 197, 198, 221, 233, 253–55, 262

  economic mismanagement by, 245

  ethnic strife in, 247

  human rights in, 206

  Pakistan’s conflict with, 254–55

  Indonesia, 196, 197, 198, 200, 202, 207, 233, 262

  inflation, 249, 251–52

  INF treaty, 187

  Inkatha Movement, 258

  internationalist idealism, 32

  International Monetary Fund (IMF), 150

  International Multifibre Agreement, 176

  intifada, 28–29, 220

  Iran, 16, 39, 195, 197, 198, 203, 204, 211, 214, 215, 216, 233

  Iran-Iraq war, 20, 202, 204

  Iraq, 34, 39, 89, 155, 196–98, 201, 211

  Arab-Israeli peace process and, 222–23

  German technologies in, 121, 138

  in Gulf War aftermath, 29–30, 32–33, 215

  Kuwait invaded by, 15, 29, 273

  Soviet Union and, 62–63, 170, 214

  U.S. arms sales to, 203, 204, 212

  Islam, 195–96, 198–99, 200–201, 202, 231

  see also Muslim world

  Islamic fundamentalism, 22, 195, 200–202

  isolationism, 14, 32–33, 124, 274–277

  Israel, 17, 37, 59, 173, 219–30

  Arab hostility to, 195, 196

  Camp David accords and, 207, 220–21, 226, 229–30

  economic difficulties of, 251–52

  Egypt’s peace treaty with, 206–7

  intifada and, 28–29, 220

  nuclear weapons and, 198, 221

  occupied territories and, 219, 221–22, 224

  peace process and, 222–30

  Persian Gulf War and, 218

  socialism in, 252–53

  Soviet émigrés to, 222–23, 227

  U.S. support of, 200, 218–20, 253

  Israeli-occupied territories, 219, 221–22, 224

  Italy, 78, 121, 139

  Ivory Coast, 244

  Jackson, Michael, 156

  Jamaica, 264

  Japan, 16, 25–26, 38, 97, 98, 148, 149–63, 165, 187, 191, 206, 227, 238, 273, 275, 280, 286

  aid to Soviet Union by, 155–56

  business-government relationship in, 281

  cultural barriers and, 161–62

  defense-related technology and, 154–55

  domestic competition in, 242

  economic antagonism and, 156–157, 161–62

  economic weakness of, 159

  finance min
istry of, 158

  foreign aid policy of, 154–56, 268–69

  GATT and, 161

  Gorbachev’s visit to, 188–89

  growth of, 150

  Korean War and, 36

  military budget of, 151–53, 157–158

  Persian Gulf security and, 156

  Persian Gulf War and, 24, 30, 32, 153–54, 163

  protectionism and, 151, 154, 160, 242

  regional conflicts and, 155

  Soviet Northern Territories dispute with, 184–85, 188–90, 193

  Soviet rapprochement with, 188–189

  trade practices of, 158–59, 161

  U.S. relationship and, 150–51, 156, 161–62, 185

  U.S. trade imbalance with, 157–160

  weapons renunciation agreement of, 151

  women in, 159–60

  Japan, Imperial, 152

  Jiang Zemin, 173

  Johnson, Lyndon B., 292

  Johnson, Paul, 23

  Jordan, 17, 121, 196, 198, 202, 222, 225–27

  Kafka, Franz, 74–75

  Kahn, Herman, 304

  Kant, Immanuel, 22

  Kaufman, Robert, 35

  Kaunda, Kenneth, 250

  Kazakhstan, 198

  Kennedy, John F., 272–73

  Kerekou, Mathieu, 250

  KGB, 30, 46, 47, 49, 54, 65, 76, 93, 214

  Khmer Rouge, 173

  Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah, 195, 201

  Khrushchev, Nikita, 45–46, 48, 50–51, 57, 61, 66, 111, 139, 164

  Kissinger, Henry, 229

  Kitchen Debate, 45

  “kleptocracies,” 236

  Kohl, Helmut, 47, 60, 120, 136, 138

  Korea, People’s Republic of (North), 16–17, 91, 164, 170, 171, 174, 180, 189, 190, 212, 238, 275

  Korea, Republic of (South), 17, 20, 37, 39, 170, 177, 189, 191, 233, 237, 238, 242, 244, 250, 275

  Korean War, 34, 36, 148, 164, 238, 175–76

  Kozyrev, Andrei, 80–81

  Kryuchkov, Vladimir, 49, 67, 93

  Kuwait, 15, 24, 26, 29, 35, 63, 126, 195, 197, 203, 205, 220, 225, 273, 280, 303

  Landsbergis, Vytautus, 58–59

  Laos, 17, 233, 260–61

  Latin America, 233, 251–52, 262, 276, 304

  communist insurgencies in, 246

  democracy in, 248–50

  free-trade zone and, 266–67

  poverty in, 245

  see also underdeveloped world Latvia, 16, 48, 57, 58, 65

  League of Nations, 34, 128, 275

  Lebanon, 29, 195, 196, 201, 203, 205, 215

  Lee Kuan Yew, 163, 239

  Lenin, V. I., 22, 38, 43, 55, 56, 75, 106

  liberalism, 296

  Liberia, civil war in, 28, 246

  Libya, 89, 91, 121, 138, 174, 195, 196, 198, 201, 209

  Lincoln, Abraham, 56

  Li Peng, 172, 173

  Lithuania, 16, 46, 57, 58, 65, 168

  London summit, 47

  MacArthur, Douglas, 140

  Macmillan, Harold, 139

  Malaysia, 197, 198, 202, 233, 262

  Mali, 37, 250

  Malraux, Andre, 274

  Mansfield amendment, 124

  Mao Zedong, 13–14, 16, 110, 164, 248

  Marcos, Ferdinand, 28

  Mariam, Mengistu Haile, 246

  Marshall Plan, 98, 115, 121, 133

  Marx, Karl, 30, 108

  Marxism-Leninism, 22, 25, 52, 95–96

  Matsu, 17

  Mauritania, 37

  Mexico, 36, 208–9, 250, 252, 265–266

  Mexico City policy, 263

  Middle East, 195, 208, 210–12, 246

  arms control and, 212–13

  Gulf security and, 216–17

  Nixon Doctrine for, 215–16

  nuclear proliferation in, 204

  population of, 197

  poverty in, 213–14

  Soviet Union and, 214, 221

  see also Arab-Israeli conflict; Muslim world

  Middle East Command, 210

  Middle East Defense Organization, 210

  Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi, 216

  Moldavia, 57

  Mongolia, 171

  Morocco, 196, 198, 200, 202, 207–208, 209

  Moscow News, 64, 82

  Movement for Democratic Reforms, 72, 250

  Mozambique, 17, 252, 263

  “MTV generation,” 282

  Mubarak, Muhammad Hosni, 220

  Muslim world, 194–231

  Arab-Israeli conflict and, 217–31

  arms control and, 212–13

  cultural achievements of, 198–99

  ethnic diversity of, 195–96

  Gulf security and, 216–17

  Islamic fundamentalism and, 195, 200–202

  militarization of, 197–98

  modernization and, 202–3

  Nixon Doctrine and, 215–16

  nuclear weapons and, 198

  Persian Gulf War and, 209

  poverty in, 213–14

  regional conflicts in, 196–97

  security framework for, 210–12

  Soviet influence on, 198, 202

  U.S. perception of, 194–95, 200

  U.S. policy in, 199–200, 204–10

  see also Middle East

  Mussolini, Benito, 22, 201

  Myanmar, 173, 233, 240, 247

  Najibullah, 91–92

  Namibia, 20

  Napoleon I, Emperor of France, 183

  Nasser, Gamal Abdel, 17, 219

  National Economic Council, 281

  National Endowment for Democracy (NED), 75, 251

  national interests, summary of, 36–37

  nationalism, 139, 182

  communism and, 55–59

  in Eastern Europe, 128–29, 134–136

  in Soviet republics, 55–56, 69, 70, 184

  National Security Agency, 93

  National Security Council, 141, 281

  Nelson, Horatio, 299

  New Guinea, 148, 197

  Ne Win, 240

  New Zealand, 191

  Nicaragua, 17, 19, 62, 91, 251

  Nixon, Pat, 283

  Nixon Doctrine, 215–16

  Nobel Peace Prize, 46–47, 60, 82

  Noriega, Manuel, 20

  North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 23, 82, 84, 115, 116, 123, 136, 139, 149, 206, 210, 279

  article 5 commitment of, 129

  creation of, 125

  Eastern Europe and, 127–31

  nuclear weapons and, 142

  restructuring of, 38, 140–44

  underdeveloped countries and, 143–44

  unified Germany in, 138

  U.S. role in, 124, 126

  Warsaw Pact dissolution and, 117–18

  Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, 180, 279

  nuclear weapons:

  Arab-Israeli conflict and, 198, 221

  China’s capacity in, 163

  India and, 254–55

  Muslim world and, 198

  NATO and, 142

  Pakistan and, 255

  proliferation of, 180, 204, 206

  Nurmi, Paavo, 280

  oil embargo, 217

  Okinawa, 156, 275

  Olympic Games (1972), 195

  Other Path, The (De Soto), 262

  Ottoman Empire, 42

  “out of area” security cooperation, 143

  Pacific rim, 38, 147–49

  Soviet policy in, 184–90, 193

  U.S. presence in, 190–93

  Pakistan, 17, 21, 91, 106, 173, 196, 197, 198, 202, 211, 221, 233, 262

  economic mismanagement in, 245

  India’s conflict with, 254–55

  nuclear weapons and, 255

  Persian Gulf War and, 209

  U.S. Middle East policy and, 206

  Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), 219, 220, 222, 223, 226–27

  Panama, 20

  Pan Am flight 103, 215

  Pan Arabism, 22, 199

  Paris Peace Agreemen
ts, 276

  Pavlov, Valentin, 47–48, 49

  “Peace Cooperation Corps,” 153

  perestroika, 47, 63, 100, 108

  perimeter-portal monitoring, 87–88

  Persian Gulf War, 15, 24, 142, 207, 213, 218, 222, 224–25, 235, 273, 280, 292

  aftermath of, 29–30, 32–33, 215

  Soviet Union and, 29, 32, 62–63, 214

  U.N. and, 29, 33, 34–35

  U.S. involvement in, 29–30, 210, 300

  Western Allies and, 126, 127, 139

  Peru, 247, 249, 251, 262

  Philippines, 20, 28, 148, 209, 233, 247, 249–50, 265, 275

  Pinochet, Augusto, 249

  Pitt, William, 299

  Poland, 16, 17, 18–19, 90, 117, 119, 127–29, 130, 133, 134, 135

  economic transformation of, 131–132

  population control, 263

  Population Registration, 258

  poverty, 263, 270

  communism and, 233, 235

  in Latin America, 245

  in Middle East, 213–14

  in underdeveloped world, 233–235, 245

  in U.S., 295–97

  “Prague Spring,” 17

  protectionism, 122, 131, 238, 265, 280, 299

  in Israel, 252–53

  Japan and, 151, 154, 160, 242

  in Western Europe, 122

  Pugo, Boris, 48–49, 67

  Pushkin, Alexander, 54

  Qaddafi, Muammar, 121, 201

  Quemoy, 17

  racism, 298

  Radio Free China, 179

  Radio Free Europe, 179

  Radio Free Tibet, 179, 180

  Radio Liberty, 76, 179

  Rapallo Treaty, 120

  Rapid Deployment Force, U.S., 216

  Reagan, Ronald, 43, 60, 62, 204, 211, 216, 251, 277

  reform, 26, 118, 132, 133, 169

  in China, 164, 166–68, 170–71, 175, 182, 241

  in Eastern Europe, 14–15, 27–28

  by Gorbachev, 14–15, 18, 54–58, 73

  U.S. aid and, 49–50

  Republican party, U.S., 273

  Republican party of Russia, 72

  Romania, 16, 19, 57, 135, 275

  Roosevelt, Franklin D., 59, 300

  Roosevelt, Theodore, 184, 288

  Rukh movement, 58

  Russia, Imperial, 120, 184

  Russia, republic of, 46

  Russian Democratic party, 72

  Russian Revolution (1917), 15, 30, 72, 140

  Russo-Japanese War, 184

  Ruutel, Arnold, 58

  Sadat, Anwar, 201, 220

  Sakharov, Andrei, 47

  Salinas de Gortari, Carlos, 266

  SALT I treaty, 279

  Saudi Arabia, 173, 196, 197, 198, 200, 205, 208, 212, 213, 214, 216, 217, 222, 227

  self-determination, 72–73

  Senate, U.S., 124

  Serbia, 126, 129, 135

  Shanghai Communiqué, 165, 181

  Sharif Nawaz, 206

  Shatalin plan, 65

  Shevardnadze, Eduard, 46, 58, 64, 82, 107–8

  Shining Path, 247

  Singapore, 39, 162, 183, 191, 233, 237, 239, 241, 242, 245, 250

  Single European Act, 121

  Sino-American trade agreement, 174

 

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