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The article throws light on the less-publicised role of Iran in supporting its own clients within the Afghan resistance movement, whereby the divisions among and between the guerilla groups and political organisations in Pakistan have been aggravated. The Islamic Republic of Iran is said to be unwilling to see a pro-Saudi, pro-American Afghan leader installed in Kabul in the aftermath of the Russian withdrawal. (DÜI-Asd)

An account of the June meeting of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries in Vienna and of the general optimism regarding the new measures of disciplining production and of stabilising prices. It is argued, that the testing time for the cautious strategy, decided upon, still lies ahead. The Iran-Iraq war is seen as the crux of the problem of enforcing the new rules upon each member state. (DÜI-Asd)

An interview with Jordan's minister for the occupied territories, Marwan Dudin, in which he explains how his country was dealing with the prickly issues of Palestinian leadership and Israeli repression following the recent conference in Amman of Arab countries on Palestinian refugees. (DÜI-Asd)

The American settlement has created a very interesting situation in domestic English politics—a situation in which there are bound to be developments, mough no one can yet say what they will be. It is still very arguable whether the decision of the nation to return to party politics immediately after the German collapse was a wise one. There are arguments in favour of a National Government and arguments against one. An advantage of party politics is certainly that an effective opposition has an important part to play in keeping die Government up to the mark. The absence of such an Opposition in war-time does not so much matter, for then we have the enemy to perform this function of pace maker. But a National Government in peace-time certainly runs the danger of contracting fatty degeneration of the heart.