SELECTIVE ENGAGEMENT

In: FP, Heft 39, S. 27-42

Abstract

THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE MAJOR TASKS OF THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION IN ITS DEVELOPMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY IN ITS EARLY MONTHS. THE AUTHOR BELIEVES THAT SETTING PRIORITIES IS, INITIALLY, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. HE POINTS TO WHAT HE BELIEVES TO BE THE FAILURE OF THE LAST TWO ADMINISTRATIONS TO DO SO. REAGAN, HE SAYS, MUST COME UP WITH PRIORITIES THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND AND SUPPORT.