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THE 1990s: Challenge! Response?
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EDITORIAL
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1 / 1990 |
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Morton A. Kaplan
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Nineteen ninety will usher in a decade that will be different in several important ways. Although China seems, temporarily at least, to be regressing, the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe appear to be on the road to radical change. Environment issues are attracting more attention than ever before. The charisma and moral appeal of Ronald Reagan have been replaced by the administrative efficiency of George Bush. Thus, the new decade will differ from the old in terms of both circumstances and atmosphere.
There will be immense challenges in building a new world order fit for democratic and cooperative peoples. Instead of two blocs that maintain peace between themselves--often at the price of stimulating violence elsewhere--the Soviet Union and the United States may cooperate to terminate and contain conflicts among smaller nations, and perhaps crucially so in Europe. The economic institutions that coordinate policies among OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) nations may have to be expanded to include the former centralized economies. The United States and Japan may have to adjust to an integrated European commonwealth. The suggestions made in my article "World Order in the 1990s" with respect to these issues are among the topics that presidents Bush and Gorbachev should take into serious consideration in their forthcoming summit meetings.
Despite the superiority of the liberal democratic state over the collectivist state, the former has numerous problems that need to be addressed, in particular those arising from new forms of international and regional order. But even socialist ideals continue to challenge, for substantive goals remain more important than procedural requirements among most peoples. Moreover,
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