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IN THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CRISIS ITALY GIVES PRIORITY TO NATIONAL INTERESTS IN PURSUING ITS BILATERAL POLICY EVEN IF DESIRING NOT TO EXCLUDE COLLECTIVE MEANS. THE ITALITAN GOVERNMENT IN FACT SEEMS TO BE LED BY GIVEN BUSINESS ICRCLES. THIS WOULD EXPLAIN THE ACTIVE BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH THE ARAB COUNTRIES INCLUDING IRAN. SIMULTANEOOSLY ITALY TRIES TO NEGOTIATE FOR A REASONABLE SOLUTION.

SEEKS TO ESTABLISH THE DESPERATENESS OF OUR SITUATION BY POINTING OUT SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES INVOLVED IN OUR RECOGNITION OF IT AND INHERENT IN TRYING TO DEAL WITH IT, GIVEN THE PERSPECTIVE AND VALUE COMMITMENTS WE ARE LOCKED INTO; AND, SEEKS TO SUGGEST THE SCOPE OF THE RESPONCE THE SITUATION REQUIRES. DISCUSSES THE UNPRECEDENTED STRESS BEING PLACED ON OUR GLOBAL LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEM.

EDEXAMINES THE GROWING PROBLEM OF FINANCING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORAL CAMPAIGNS IN THE UNITED STATES. THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF 1972 COST CANDIDATES A TOTAL OF MORE THAN $400 MILLION. THE SOURCES FOR THESE FUNDS INCLUDED CONTRIBUTIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS, LARGE LABOR UNIONS, AND MULTI-NATIONAL CORPORATIONS. THE CRY BY CRITICS OF INFLUENCE PEDDLING BROUGHT CONGRESS TO COMTEMPLATE REFORMS.

DRAWING ON THE ISREAL EXPERIENCE, THE AUTHOR SUGGESTS THAT IN DOMINANT PARTY SYSTEMS WHERE A PLURALITY PARTY MUST BE INCLUDED IN EVERY WINNING COALITION, COALITIONS LARGER THAN NECESSARY TO WIN ARE FORMED, THE PLURALITY PARTY IS CAPABLE OF MAXIMIZING THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PAYOFFS, AND HENCE IT HAS LITTLE TO LOSE BY FORMING LARGER COALITIONS AND ALLOCATING SECONDARY PAYOFFS.