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THE PURPOSE OF THIS ESSAY IS TO EXPLORE THE IMPACT OF THE ELECTORAL PROCESS ON AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF CANADIANAMERICAN RELATIONS: THE RESOLUTION OF BILATERAL CONFLICTS. WHILE NO EVIDENCE COULD BE FOUND TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSITION THAT THE ELECTORAL CYCLE HAS ANY IMPACT ON SPECIFIC DISPUTES, THE AUTHOR ARGUES THAT THERE IS AN IMPACT ON HOW CONFLICTS BETWEEN OTTAWA AND WASHINGTON ARE PROCESSED.

AUTHORS DEVELOP A METHODOLOGY FOR EVALUATING TYPES OF INNOVATIONS, THEIR TIME PATHS, AND HOW THESE FACTORS EMPIRICAL RESULTS OBTAINED FROM MODELS MEASURING ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF GOVERNMENT R & D. APPARENT CONTRADICTIONS IN EMPIRICAL RESULTS HAVE LITTLE TO DO WITH EFFECTIVENESS OF GOVERNMENT R & D, BUT ARE LIKELY CONSEQUENCE OF TYPE AND NATURE OF INNOVATIONS ANALYZED.

THE AUTHOR PROBES THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DIMENSIONS OF THE COLD WAR, DETENTE AND LINKAGE AND THE NEW CONTAINMENT. HE REGARDS THESE AS PART OF THE 35 YEARS OF SOVIET AND AMERICAN COMPETITION. SINCE AFGHANISTAN, HOWEVER, THE U.S. CAN NO LONGER RELY ON CAUTIOUS NONADVENTURISM FROM THE KREMLIN. HE CONCLUDES THAT WITH INCENTIVES PROVIDED BY AN UPDATED CONTAINMENT AN AMICABLE RELATIONSHIP IS POSSIBLE.

SINCE THE FOUNDING OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, SINO-U.S. RELATIONS HAVE DEVELOPED BY TWISTS AND TURNS. THE AUTHOR, THE VICE PRES. OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, NOTES THAT THE RELATIONSHIPS HAVE PASSED THROUGH DIFFERENT STAGES, EACH COVERING ROUGHLY A DECADE AND ARE LINKED WITH CHANGING POSTWAR INTERNATIONAL SITUATIONS. NOW, CHINA AND THE U.S. OPPOSE SOVIET HEGEMONIST POLICIES.

A REVIEW OF THE COMING MEETING OF COMMONWEALTH HEADS OF GOVERNMENT IN MELBOURNE FROM SEPTEMBER 30 TO OCTOBER 7, WHEN, FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE SUMMITS WERE FIRST HELD IN 1964, THE MAJOR ITEM OF RHODESIA WILL NOT BE ON THE AGENDA. THE AUTHOR ANALYZES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PREVIOUS DOMINANCE OF THE RHODESIAN QUESTION, BY THE COMMONWEALTH AND THE PROBLEMS THAT STILL REMAIN.

THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES COLONEL MAUMMER EL-QUADAFFI OF LIBYA. THE AUTHOR POINTS OUT THAT U.S. INTERESTS HAD MUCH TO DO WITH CREATING THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH HE SEIZED POWER IN 1969. HE WAS CONSIDERED AN ANTI-COMMUNIST BY THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION, AND AS SUCH WAS SUPPORTED. OVERLOOKED WAS HIS MESSIANIC URGE TO SPREAD ARAB REVOLUTION AND HIS SUPPORT OF TERRORISTS AND THE DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL.

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.

BASED ON AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT 11TH ANNUAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE OF THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF THE PRESIDENCY, OTTAWA, CANADA, OCT. 81, 1980. THE AUTHOR, A FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA, CONTRASTS THE POWERS OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. HE REGARDS THE POWER OF THE PM AS EXCESSIVE, ASSERTING THAT PARLIAMENTARY ACCOUNTABILITY HAS BROKEN DOWN IN CANADA.

THE AUTHOR STATES THAT OIL, IN THE HANDS OF A RATIONAL OIL REGIME, IS NOT A WEAPON, BUT CONCEDES THAT IN THE HANDS OF AN IRRATIONAL ONE IT MIGHT BE. IF A REGIME IS REALLY CAPABLE OF SELF-DESTRUCTIVE FITS OF OIL WEAPONEERING, AMERICANS MUST EITHER LIVE WITH IT OR ACT AGAINST IT, BUT THEY SHOULD HARDLY PUT FAITH IN POLITICAL BARGAINS WITH IT.

SINCE THE 1950'S THE NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL BODIES AFFILIATED WITH THE UNITED NATIONS ALONE HAS MULTIPLIED TO A 3 DIGIT FIGURE. THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES THE USE OF THESE BODIES BY THE U.S.S.R. TO GAIN CONFIDENCE IN THE NON-ALIGNED COUNTRIES. THE AUTHOR FEELS THA U.S. SHOULD NOT PERMIT THE NONALIGNED TO ENGAGE IN ANTI-WESTERN EXCURSIONS AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES WITH IMPUNITY.

THE AUTHOR PRESENTS AN ESSAY ON POVERTY & INCOME DISTRITION. HE DISCUSSES STATUS & BEHAVIOR, THE MEANING & MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY, THE SOURCE OF POVERTY, USUAL SOLUTIONS TO POVERTY, WHAT CAN BE DONE, & JUSTICE & FAIRNESS. AS A PRACTICAL MATTER IT IS POVERTY, NOT DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME, WHICH CONCERNS THE PUBLIC. THERE SHOULD BE A MINIMUM STANDARD OF MATERIAL LIVING; LEVEL IS DEBATED, GOAL IS CLEAR.

THIS ARTICLE TRACES THE HISTORY AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE FTC SUIT AGAINST EKKOGG, GENERAL MILLS, AND GENERAL FOODS, CLAIMING MONOPOLY. BEGUN IN 1972 AND CONTINUING THROUGH MANY CHANGES OF PERSONNEL, THE CASE IS PROVING SOMETHING OF AN EMBARRASSMENT. THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE LEGAL HISTORY OF THE CASE, AND POINTS OUT THAT SINCE THERE IS NO COERCION TO BUY CEREALS, THIS IS HARDLY A MONOPOLY.

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THIS ARTICLE COMPRISES REMARKS MADE AT THE 1981 SPRING CONFERENCE OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION ON THE PRESENTATION TO THE AUTHOR OF THE ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL PI SIGMA ALPHA AWARD. HE NOTES THE MANY DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC FIGURES WHO WERE/ARE POLITICAL SCIENTISTS AND WHO HAVE SERVED IN GOVERNMENT IN THE U.S. AND REAFFIRMS THE FUNDAMENTAL IMPORTANCE OF REASON AND FREEDOM.