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THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE MACROECONOMIC AND LIBERALIZATION MEASURES THAT HUNGARY HAS TAKEN SINCE THE COLLAPSE OF COMMUNISM. HE COMPARES THE HUNGARIAN POLICY OF "GRADUALISM" TO THE ECONOMIC STRATEGIES CHOSEN BY POLAND AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA. FINALLY, HE BRIEFLY DISCUSSES THE ECONOMIC STRATEGY OF HUNGARY'S NEW SOCIALIST-LIBERAL GOVERNMENT.

EACH AUTHOR EXPLAINS WHY HE OR SHE HAS CHOSEN TO SUPPORT A PARTICULAR CANDIDATE FOR THE 1996 REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION. THEY DISCUSS THE ISSUES AND THE POSITIONS OF BOB DOLE, PHIL GRAMM, RICHARD LUGAR, PATRICK BUCHANAN, PETE WILSON, LAMAR ALEXANDER, BOB DORNAN, ALAN KEYES, AND ARLEN SPECTER.

After briefly discussing historical themes which continue to affect Chinese military-related imports today, the author explores the principal contemporary domestic and international determinants which contribute to shaping Chinese arms imports policies, and the type of foreign arms acquisitions likely to result from those policies. (DÜI-Sen)

With the end of the Cold War, prospects for deepening and expanding ASEAN co-operation have emerged. The author explores the problems and issues, both actual and potential, to expand ASEAN membership from six to ten, allowing Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar to join this organization. (DÜI-Sen)

The author explores administrative reform actions in North Korea paying special attention to institutional restructuring, separation between the Korean Workers'Party and government, establishment of the civil service, management training, decentralization etc. He discusses also administrative reform in China and what North Korea can learn from Chinese experiences. (DÜI-Sen)

THE AUTHOR STUDIES THE PROCESS OF POLITICAL DEMOCRATIZATION IN ARMENIA BETWEEN 1988 AND 1991. HE ARGUES THAT THE ARMENIAN CASE IS IMPORTANT IN THREE RESPECTS: ITS ROLE IN THE DISINTEGRATION OF THE USSR, ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEMOCRACY AND NATIONALISM, AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR WESTERN THEORIES OF NATIONALISM.

WITH THE ASCENDENCE OF NEOLIBERALISM IN THE US AND THE COLLAPSE OF COMMUNISM ABROAD, WHAT POLITICAL PRINCIPLES RETAIN MEANING FOR GROUPS ON THE LEFT? THE AUTHOR OF THIS ARTICLE ARGUES THAT IN AN ERA OF NEW SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND IDENTITY POLITICS, "SOCIALISM" SHOULD BE ABANDONED IN FAVOR OF "RADICAL DEMOCRACY."

In response to Michele Naples' critique, the author suggests that the dispute revolves around different concepts of value. Exploring the contrast between Marx's concept of value as a 'self-moving substance' and technological determinist concepts, this paper further develops Kliman and McGlone's view of the value-price transformation.

THE AUTHOR REPORTS ON A PANEL DISCUSSION CONCERNING THE RESPONSIBILITY OF DEMOCRATICALLY-ELECTED PARLIAMENTS TO INSURE THAT GOVERNMENTS PRACTICE SOUND FINANCIAL MANAMAGEMENT AND PROMOTE STABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING PARLIAMENTARY SCRUTINY OF GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND ACTIVITIES THROUGH THE USE OF ESTIMATES COMMITTEES, PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEES, AND OTHER DEVICES.

THE AUTHOR FIRST DESCRIBES THE STATUS OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA'S (ROC) INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AT THE TURN OF THE 1990'S AND THEN ANALYZES THE REASONS BEHIND THE ROC'S DIPLOMATIC SUCCESS. AN EXAMINATION OF THOSE FACTORS THAT MAY SHAPE THE CONTOURS OF THE ROC'S FUTURE EXTERNAL RELATIONS FOLLOWS.

Coast Guard, Strategic Planning Staff, Washington, D.C. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Author corporate affiliation: Arlington Institute, Va. ; Subject code: IJC ; Subject code: IJD ; Subject code: SBC ; Subject code: SBD ; Subject code: SC ; Subject code: SDB ; Subject code: SDE ; Subject code: WB ; Subject code: WOH ; Subject code: YCJ

Author Michael Galea contacted famous Maltese politician Sir Arturo Mercieca and asked him to provide a journal of his treacherous journey from Malta to Uganda upon his temporary banishment from Malta. Mercieca kindly obliged and this document includes his written account of his exile. ; N/A