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"Great Powers, Grand Strategies offers the analysis of a dozen experts on the "big picture" approaches to the South China Sea dispute. By exploring the international dimensions of this regional hotspot, Gordon Chang, Bernard Cole, James Fanell, Bill Hayton, and others examine how the military, diplomatic, and economic strategies of the major global actors have both contributed to solutions and exacerbated the potential for conflict. Anders Corr seeks to juxtapose the grand strategies of the great powers to determine the likely outcomes of the South China Sea dispute, as well as evaluate the ways to possibly defuse tensions in the region"--

Nuclear proliferation, lax security standards in the storage of fissile materials, & international apathy in the prosecution of terrorists make nuclear terror a serious threat to the United States & its allies, yet no doctrine of retaliation has been established. To decrease the probability of terrorist use of nuclear weapons, a doctrine of retaliation -- a negligence doctrine -- should be considered. If the United States can distinguish whose fissile material was used for a nuclear terror event, a negligence doctrine would prescribe retaliation against that state. Where the proximate cause -- terrorists -- is unavailable for deterrent retaliation, deterring an accessible mediate cause-a state that has failed to adequately secure its fissile material-is one of a few effective alternatives. In the absence of such a negligence doctrine, the United States & its allies are increasingly vulnerable to a nuclear terror attack & the ensuing negative consequences. Appendixes. Adapted from the source document.

Argues that significant political, economic, & social changes within Salvadoran society & changes in the world arena permitted reconciliation between the Salvadoran government & the insurgents of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN). The negotiated peace was based on contending parties' perceptions that each could claim victory & that society had been transformed sufficiently to permit an acceptable future. The US government's support for the Salvadoran government & the peace process, for reasons of both national security & the promotion of democracy & human rights, was vindicated. Salvadoran society is progressing toward the end state envisioned by the US government & by Salvadoran democrats. The 1994 presidential elections included all political parties, & the FMLN established itself for the time being as the nation's second-strongest political force in the democratic process. Continued economic development & consolidation of democratic society depend on maintaining the expansion of opportunities for historically excluded sectors of society. Adapted from the source document.