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Describes current state of Russia's foreign relations and its attempts to regain status as a regional and world power. Summaries in English p. 460 and Spanish p. 474. Topics include Russia's desire to participate as a privileged partner in NATO, cultivation of ties with India and Iran, and ongoing anxiety about China's demographic growth.

Nostalgia for Europe, by François Gorand
The political situation in Central Europe and the Balkans is not at a standstill. At the present time, they seem to be experiencing two simultaneous crises, one conjunctural, récurrent in character, and resulting from stale government and deteriorating economie conditions. The other is more profound, and centres on the relationships between the people and their regimes. The manifestations of these crises vary from country and some are only beginning. There are many reasons why Western Europe should not remain disinterested, one of which is the renaissance of a poignant nostalgia for « Europe » felt by the people in the East.