Seize the Moment (39 page)

Finance Ministry, Japanese,
158

Finland,
280

Foreign Affairs
,
166

foreign policy:

     aid and,
44
–46

     Arab-Israeli conflict and,
220
–21,
224
–27

     arms control and,
85
–90

     critical interests and,
36

     East European economy and,
131
–35

     East Europe security and,
116
–118,
127
–31

     end of history and,
21
–23

     of Gorbachev,
62

     idealism and,
36
,
37
–38,
274
–78

     ideology and,
101
–4

     isolationism and,
14
,
32
–33

     in Middle East,
204
–7,
209
–12

     military power and,
23

     Muslim world and,
39
,
199
–200,
204
–10

     national interests and,
36
–37

     NATO restructuring and,
140
–144

     in Pacific rim,
184
–93

     peripheral interests and,
36
–37

     self-determination and,
72
–73

     Soviet military and,
114
–15

     Soviet republics and,
74
–76,
139
–40

     of Soviet Union,
81
–84

     Turkey and,
205
–6

     U.N. and,
34
–35

     in underdeveloped world,
39
,
232
–37,
262
–63

     unified Germany and,
118
–21

     united Europe and,
121
–22

     U.S. decline and,
24
–26

     U.S.-German relationship and,
136
–39

     vital interests and,
36

     Western Europe and,
115
–16

France,
25
,
32
,
59
–60,
72
,
78
,
153
,
275

     German unification and,
119
,
127

     Middle East and,
210
–11

     Persian Gulf War and,
126
,
127
,
139

Frederick II (“the Great”), King of

Prussia,
36

free-trade zone,
266
–67

Fukien,
175

Fuller, Leon,
303

General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT),
137
,
181
,
264

Genocide Convention,
135
–36

Georgia (republic),
46

Germany, Democratic Republic of (East),
16
,
17
,
19
,
24
,
134

     Soviet troops in,
114
–15

Germany, Federal Republic of (West),
19
,
268
–69,
275

     cold war and,
119
–20

     economic growth of,
115

     Soviet Union and,
120
–21,
123

     technology-export policies of,
121
,
138

Germany, Imperial,
120

Germany, Nazi,
16
,
75

Germany, unified,
26
,
114
,
129
,
137
,
138
,
152
,
153
,
238
,
273
,
286

     new power of,
118
–21

     Persian Gulf War and,
24
,
32
,
126
–27,
136
–37

     U.S. relationship with,
136
–39

Germany, Weimar,
72
,
285

Ghana,
246

glasnost
,
63
,
65
,
105
,
106

Global Protection Against Limited Strikes system,
88
–89

Goethe, Johann von,
293

Gorbachev, Mikhail,
50
,
70
,
81
,
99
,
100
,
101
,
123
,
125
,
142
,
166
,
170
,
182
,
279

     arms control and,
83
–89,
279

     assessment of,
104
–8

     August coup and,
30
–31,
66
–67,
70
,
75
–76,
78
–79,
107

     Bush administration and,
77

     cabinet of,
47
–49

     China visit of,
20
,
179

     East European economy and,
90
–91

     economic mismanagement by,
96
–97

     espionage activities and,
93
–95

     Europe's future as envisioned by,
112
–13

     foreign policy of,
62

     Kohl and,
120

     as loyal to communism,
43
–44,
53
–55,
63
–64,
95
–96

     military expenditures and,
82
–83

     Nobel Peace Prize awarded to,
46
–47,
60

     reactionaries and,
26
–27

     reforms of,
14
–15,
18
,
54
–58,
73

     Persian Gulf War and,
214

     personality of,
61

     Shevardnadze's assessment of,
108

     START talks and,
84
–86

     Western perception of,
80

     Yeltsin contrasted with,
50
–55,
76
–77,
95

     Yeltsin's perception of,
105

     Zia's opinion of,
106

Gorbunovs, Anatolijs,
58

Great Britain,
25
,
32
,
59
–60,
78
,
136
,
153
,
156
,
275

     German unification and,
119
,
127

     Hong Kong and,
175
,
238
–39

     Middle East and,
210
–11

     Persian Gulf War and,
126
,
127
,
139

Great Society,
292

Greece,
16
,
272

Group Areas Act,
258

GRU,
93

Guangdong,
175

Guatemala,
264

Gulf Cooperation Council,
213

gun-control laws,
295

Hassan, King of Morocco,
207
–8

Havel, Vaclav,
58

health care,
291
,
294

Helsinki Final Act,
135

Hitler, Adolf,
22
,
29
,
120
,
300
,
303

Hitler-Stalin Pact,
16

Holocaust,
300

Hong Kong,
39
,
163
,
170
,
183
,
233
,
237
,
238
–39,
241
,
245
,
250

     China and,
181
–82

     Great Britain and,
175
,
238
–39

Houphouët-Boigny, Félix,
244

human rights,
33
,
177
,
257
,
261

     China's record of,
172
–78,
182
,
185
,
193

     India's violation of,
206

     international community and,
135
–36

Hungary,
16
,
17
,
19
,
49
,
90
,
115
,
127
–29,
130
,
132
,
134
,
135

Hun Sen,
188
,
260

Hussein, King of Jordan,
226

Hussein, Saddam,
15
,
22
,
24
,
29
,
32
,
62
–63,
121
,
138
,
180
,
195
,
201
,
203
,
204
–5,
214
–15,
220
,
222
,
236
,
273
,
303

Hu Yaobang,
61
,
166
,
168

Ibsen, Henrik,
58
–59

IMF (International Monetary Fund),
150

imperial tradition,
43

import restrictions,
265

import substitution,
239
–40

India,
17
,
21
,
165
,
197
,
198
,
221
,
233
,
253
–55,
262

     economic mismanagement by,
245

     ethnic strife in,
247

     human rights in,
206

     Pakistan's conflict with,
254
–55

Indonesia,
196
,
197
,
198
,
200
,
202
,
207
,
233
,
262

inflation,
249
,
251
–52

INF treaty,
187

Inkatha Movement,
258

internationalist idealism,
32

International Monetary Fund (IMF),
150

International Multifibre Agreement,
176

intifada
,
28
–29,
220

Iran,
16
,
39
,
195
,
197
,
198
,
203
,
204
,
211
,
214
,
215
,
216
,
233

Iran-Iraq war,
20
,
202
,
204

Iraq,
34
,
39
,
89
,
155
,
196
–98,
201
,
211

     Arab-Israeli peace process and,
222
–23

     German technologies in,
121
,
138

     in Gulf War aftermath,
29
–30,
32
–33,
215

     Kuwait invaded by,
15
,
29
,
273

     Soviet Union and,
62
–63,
170
,
214

     U.S. arms sales to,
203
,
204
,
212

Islam,
195
–96,
198
–99,
200
–201,
202
,
231

     
see also
Muslim world

Islamic fundamentalism,
22
,
195
,
200
–202

isolationism,
14
,
32
–33,
124
,
274
–277

Israel,
17
,
37
,
59
,
173
,
219
–30

     Arab hostility to,
195
,
196

     Camp David accords and,
207
,
220
–21,
226
,
229
–30

     economic difficulties of,
251
–52

     Egypt's peace treaty with,
206
–7

     
intifada
and,
28
–29,
220

     nuclear weapons and,
198
,
221

     occupied territories and,
219
,
221
–22,
224

     peace process and,
222
–30

     Persian Gulf War and,
218

     socialism in,
252
–53

     Soviet émigrés to,
222
–23,
227

     U.S. support of,
200
,
218
–20,
253

Israeli-occupied territories,
219
,
221
–22,
224

Italy,
78
,
121
,
139

Ivory Coast,
244

Jackson, Michael,
156

Jamaica,
264

Japan,
16
,
25
–26,
38
,
97
,
98
,
148
,
149
–63,
165
,
187
,
191
,
206
,
227
,
238
,
273
,
275
,
280
,
286

     aid to Soviet Union by,
155
–56

     business-government relationship in,
281

     cultural barriers and,
161
–62

     defense-related technology and,
154
–55

     domestic competition in,
242

     economic antagonism and,
156
–157,
161
–62

     economic weakness of,
159