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THIS ARTICLE ARGUES THAT THE STUDY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF POLITICS AS AN ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE IN OXFORD AND OF THE ROLE OF THE GRADUATE COLLEGE INDICATES THAT "IT IS MORE LIKELY THAT A GIVEN INSTITUTION WILL BEND THE NEW PURPOSES OF THE SOCIETY IN QUESTION TO ITS OWN REQUIREMENTS THAN THAT IT WILL BE ALTERED SO AS TO BETTER PROMOTE THEM"

OVER THE PAST 150 YEARS, FRANCO-GERMAN RELATIONS HAVE BEEN CHARACTERIZED BY A COMPLEX PATTERN OF ATTRACTION AND REPULSION. UNDERSTANDING THIS CONFLICTING PATTERN OF RELATIONS IS CRUCIAL TO UNDERSTANDING THE NEW EUROPE.

THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES GREAT BRITAIN'S RELATION WITH OTHER EUROPEAN NATIONS, BRITAIN'S IDEAS ABOUT THE EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION (EMU), AND THE IMPACT THAT COMPLYING WITH THE MAASTRICHT CRITERIA FOR EMU MEMBERSHIP WILL HAVE UPON BRITAIN'S ECONOMY. THE ARTICLE ALSO EXAMINES BRITAIN'S ROLE IN CREATING A SUCCESSFUL EUROPEAN UNION (EU) AND BRITAIN'S CURRENT POLICIES REGARDING DEFENSE AND FOREIGN POLICY.

THIS REJOINDER SUGGESTS THAT SIR MICHAEL HOWARD'S COMPARISON OF RECENT HAPPENINGS IN THE SOVIET UNION WITH THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE AND WITH LENIN'S COUP D'ETAT IS HARDLY CONVINCING. THE ARTICLE EXPLORES THE SOVIET ONE-PARTY SYSTEM, ECONOMICS, GORBACHEV AS A DIPLOMAT AND A PROPAGANDIST, THE ALLIANCE, THE GERMAN FACTOR, AND THE NEED FOR THE UNITED STATES TO CONCENTRATE ON THEIR OWN HEMISPHERE. IT CONCLUDES THAT IT DOES NOT HELP TO PRETEND THAT GORBACHEV WILL PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF GENUINE COOPERATION IN SETTLING 'REGIONAL' ISSUES, ARMS CONTROL, AND IN REALIZING THAT CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS ARE PROBABLY 'UNVERIFIBLE,' EVEN THOUGH IT IS HOPED THAT IT WILL HAPPEN.