Article(print)#11981
THE COMMONWEALTH IN THE 1980S AN ERA OF NEGOTIATIONS
In: The round table: the Commonwealth journal of international affairs, Issue 282, p. 170-178
ISSN: 0035-8533
THE MODERN COMMONWEALTH IS SEEN BY THE AUTHOR IN THIS ESSAY, AS HAVING IMMENSE VALUE TO ITS MEMBER STATES AND TO THE WORLD COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF A POSITION THAT "STRADDLES" THE DEVELOPED AND THE DEVELOPING WORLDS. HE BRIEFLY OUTLINES ITS PAST AND PRESENT ROLES, AND THE AND ITS ROLE IN THE '80S WHICH HE SEES AS A TIME OF GREATER RELEVANCE, OPPORTUNITY AND RESPONSIBILITY.
