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THE SCANDALS DOGGING PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, AND THE IMPEACHMENT PROCESS HAVE NOT ENTIRELY RUN THEIR COURSE--AND THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN A DISCERNIBLE IMPACT ON FOREIGN POLICY. THE PROBLEMS, OR POTENTIAL PROBLEMS, THAT RESULT CAN BE GROUPED INTO FOUR CATEGORIES: FOREIGN PERCEPTIONS, DISTORTIONS OF U.S. POLICY-MAKING, PRESIDENTIAL DISTRACTION, AND EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATIVE RELATIONS. THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES EACH OF THESE FOUR CATEGORIES AND CONCLUDES THAT AN ADMINISTRATION THAT IS ACCIDENT-PRONE BECAUSE OF FUNDAMENTAL FLAWS IN ITS APPROACH TO THE WORLD IS LIKELY TO FACE GROWING CONGRESSIONAL PRESSURES, SCANDAL OR NO.

THE BREADTH OF CHANGE IN THE USSR UNDER GORBACHEV CANNOT BE QUESTIONED. BUT ONE CAN QUESTION ITS DEPTH AND ULTIMATE MEANING BY THE ONE CRITERION THAT COUNTS: HAS THE SOVIET UNION BECOME ANY LESS AN OPPONENT OF THE WEST OR OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OR ANY LESS FORMIDABLE AN OPPONENT? THE AUTHOR CONCLUDES THAT THE INNOVATIONS MAKE SOVIET FOREIGN POLICY A TOUGHER CHALLENGE FOR THE USA, BUT THIS SHOULD NOT BE OVERSTATED. THE BASIC STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES, AS WELL AS THE BASIC OBJECTIVES, OF SOVIET POLICY REMAIN.