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DEBATE ABOUT THE OPTIONAL PRIORITIES OF ATLANTIC COOPERATION VS. WESTERN EUROPEAN INTEGRATION IS EXAMINED FROM THE FOCUS OF TRANS-ATLANTIC ARMS TRADE. EUROPE'S CONCERN WITH A MORE EQUAL TECHNOLOGICAL AND SECURITY BALANCE LED TO THE FORMATION OF THE INDEPENDENT EUROPEAN PROGRAMME GROUP (IEPG), AS AN ATTEMPT TO JOIN TOGETHER AND EXPAND ARMS SALES TO THE US. FUTURE RELATIONS ARE DISCUSSED AND ANALYZED.

IN THE PAST TWENTY YEARS THE HIGHEST ECONOMIC GROWTH-RATES IN THE WORLD WERE GENERALLY RECORDED BY THE EAST ASIAN COUNTRIES. THEIR HIGH RATES OF PROGRESS CONTINUE, REDUCED BUT FAR FROM REVERSED BY THE SUCCESSIVE OIL CRISES SINCE 1973. THIS DYNAMISM, IN A REGION CONTAINING THE MAJOR PROPORTION OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION AND A SIMILAR SHARE OF ITS RESOURCES, CONTRAST WITH A MORE DEPRESSED AND STATIC SITUATION IN OTHER REGIONS, ESPECIALLY IN EUROPE AND IN LESS-DEVELOPED AREAS. CONSTITUTES A MOST PORTENTOUS PHENOMENON, WHICH NEEDS TO BE APPRECIATED, UNDERSTOOD AND ACCORDED A POSITIVE RESPONSE IN THE WESTERN WORLD.

THIS ARTICLE WILL REVIEW BRIEFLY THE CONDITIONS AND PROBLEMS THAT LED TO REFORM AND THE REFORM ITSELF, BUT WILL CONCENTRATE ON AN ANALYSIS OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SYSTEM SINCE 1974. THIS WILL SHOW THAT MAJOR "CONSTITUTIONAL", TECHNICAL, AND POLITICAL PROBLEMS REMAIN WHICH HAVE ALLOWED RELATIVELY FEW IMPROVEMENTS IN CONGRESSIONAL BUDGETING TO BE MADE.

In an exploration of the institutionalization of the dominant international belief of limited population growth by individual nations, evidence is sought relating a decrease in population growth rates to the institutionalization of worldviews. UN measures of governmental opinions & crude growth rate statistics are used to assess the views of 141 nations toward their own population growth & compared to actual growth rates. Findings indicate that national views toward perceived population growth increasingly reflect the dominant worldview that population growth rates are too high. By augmenting traditional demographic theory with institutional theory, a clearer understanding of this phenomenon is possible. These findings provide valuable insights into the diffusion of social values at the global level. 4 Tables, 35 References. Adapted from the source document.