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THE WESTERN MILITARY SUPREMACY IS STILL EVIDENT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA WHILE SOVIET PRESENCE DOES NOT PLAY A CLEAR ROZE YET. THE DIMINUTION OF WESTERN MILITARY BASES MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO DEVELOP MORE CONVENTIONAL FORCES. NATO IS REPRESENTED ABOVE ALL BY THE USA, BUT THE LATTER CANNOT USE IT FOR THEIR OWN PURPOSES IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

THE CURRENT INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SYSTEM IS DOMINATED BY THE ECONOMIC CRISIS CAUSED BY GROWING INFLATION ACCELERATED BY THE INCREASING OF THE COSTS OF RAW MATERIALS AND OIL. AMERICAN POLICY WITHIN THIS CONTEXT IS AIMED AT TRYING TO MONITOR THE CHANGE IN THE WORLD ORDER. AS FAR AS EUROPE IS CONCERNED THERE ARE NO STATEMENTS OF PARTNERSHIP ANY LONGER.

THE EMERGENCE OF NEW LOCAL POWER MAY RENEW THE PROBLEMS AND THE PROSPECTS OF CRISIS MANAGEMENT. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE AMERICAN PRESENCE NOTWITHSTANDING, THE STRATEGLC SITUATION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN IS CRITICAL BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED INTERNATIONAL CONTROL, THE SEZFISY AND DISONITED POLICY OF THE WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND THE CONTRADICTIONS OF THE SOVIET POLICY TOWARDS THE ARAB STATES.

Untersuchung der politischen und militärpolitischen Lage der östlichen Mittelmeerländer Italien, Griechenland und Türkei in ihrer Beziehung zur EG sowie zu den Supermächten. (DÜI-Hlr)

THIS REPORT WAS PREPARED BY THE STAFF OF THE IAI AS AN UPDATE TO THE 1989 EDITION OF THE INSTITUTE'S YEARBOOK ON INTERNATIONAL POLITICS. IT SURVEYS RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN DOMESTIC POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING EAST EUROPE, THE SOVIET UNION, JAPAN, AND THE UNITED STATES.