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Pt. 1: A little help from our friends. - 4 S.; Pt. 2: The big stick makes few friends. - 4 S.; Pt. 3: The perils of principles. - 4 S.; Pt. 4: Presidential leadership after the Cold War. - 4 S

In Madagascar, a left-wing government replaced the pro-western regime in 1972. The new regime pronounced anti-imperialism and non-alignment as the major planks of foreign policy and claimed a role for itself in the politics of western Indian Ocean. On continental issues Madagascar moved closer to the progressive African states. However, as the economic crisis at home deepened, the moderate socialist regime of Madagascar negotiated with the international money lending agencies IMF and the World Bank. The resulting process of economic liberalisation compromised the regime's socialist measures. The dichotomy between radical foreign policy postures and compromising domestic socialist policies became evident, eventhough the state retained some degree of maneuverability in negotiating with the metropole. This book examines Madagascar's foreign policy experience and concludes that reliance on foreign capital forced the African states towards "a foreign policy of compromise and a domestic regime of repression". (DÜI-Hff)

A comprehensive and innovative examination of US policy on the Jerusalem issue over the past half-century, this study analyzes the complex political and legal factors, both domestic and international, which have shaped executive decisions. The book provides a unique entry into the variations in policy from administration to administration, and the increasingly assertive role of Congress. Based on insights garnered from the past, the author offers useful suggestions for a reality-bound future approach to a problem which is central to resolution of the protracted Arab-Israeli dispute, and thus to security throughout the Middle East