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Assesses impact of the breakup of the Soviet Union on strategies, focusing on the Karakum canal; includes pre-Soviet irrigation practices, the Soviet era, and post-breakup land and agricultural reforms.

Reports on history of sovereignty of Tatarstan within the Soviet Union and Russian Federation; focuses effects of glasnost, preparation and signing of treaty of 1994, exceptional constitutional rights, and other rights.

Discusses reasons for US adoption of a bill in Mar. 1999 to deploy a strategic anti-ballistic missile system in contravention to the 1972 ABM Treaty with the Soviet Union, and the consequences.

Examines the privatization program of President Carlos Menem, his alliances with the most powerful economic sectors, and the weakening of the trade unions and opposition parties which resulted; Argentina. Summary in English.

Examines political, social, and ethnic problems, the resistance of the government, opposing parties, and the donor community to political oppression; 1990s. With special reference to the Kenya African National Union (KANU).

Reflects on the moral reasoning behind the US Defense of Marriage Act, which proposes limiting the right of marriage to heterosexual couples. The main arguments presented by congressional supporters of the Act are described & refuted: that homosexual marriage (1) is immoral, (2) will destroy the family & society, (3) is opposed by the majority, (4) goes against religious traditions & the essential definition of marriage, (5) does not involve commitment, & (6) will result in bad parents. It is asserted that the definitions of morality & marriage are varied & subjective, there is no evidence to indicate that homosexuals are unable to commit or would make bad parents, & majority views & religious beliefs are no basis for law. It is concluded that opponents of the Defense of Marriage Act are moral authoritarians who are intolerant of all moral beliefs but their own. M. Nichols-Wagner

Der Artikel untersucht die Politik der Europäischen Union gegenüber den südlichen und südöstlichen Mittelmeeranrainerstaaten. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Europa-Mittelmeer-Konferenz von Barcelona; ihre Inhalte, Erfolge und Defizite werden aufgezeigt. Darüberhinaus werden die Merkmale der ökonomischen und sozialen Krise und der damit verbundenen politischen Instabilität im Mittelmeerraum erörtert. (DÜI-Mjr)

Argues that defense relations and international balance of power remain vital among developed nations for global security, even after the fall of the Soviet Union; some focus on nationalism in Western Europe.

Identifies 13 generalizations concerning a peaceful transition from a union or federation to two or more sovereign states, derived from the experiences of Singapore-Malaysia, Austria-Hungary, Norway-Sweden, and Czechoslovakia.

Lydia Kossikowa ; Zsfassung in engl. Sprache u.d.T.: Russia's trade relations with the republics of the former Soviet Union : trends and problems ; Volltext // Exemplar mit der Signatur: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek -- 4 Z 68.247-1993,22/24

Following the downfall of the Soviet Union, Robert Miller speculates on why it disintegrated when it did. If Hitler had won the war, would the Third Reich have suffered the same fate?

This paper studies the relations between Afghanistan and the Soviet Union in history to evaluate the importance of Afghanistan for the USSR and the Soviet decision to intervene military in 1979. (DÜI-Gbh)

Letter of invitation to attend the signing of House Bill 2040 in the Memorial Union. Passed in 1989, it provided funding for completion of the Sheridan Coliseum Project two years ahead of schedule.

Book reviewed in this article:E. M. DAVIES, Democracy in Australian Unions—a comparative study of six unionsMARSHALL W. RAFFEL and NORMA K. RAFFEL (eds), Perspectives on Health Policy: Australia, New Zealand, United States

Major events concerning national minorities continue to occur on a daily basis. Long lingering issues surface throughout Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, often after decades of official denial and repression.