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Showing papers in "Foreign Affairs in 1980"




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225 citations





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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the extent and status of gaming in the defense community and consider their purpose, operations, uses, benefits, and costs, and explore the system of military combat simulations.
Abstract: Examines the system of military combat simulations, exploring the extent and status of gaming in the defense community and considering their purpose, operations, uses, benefits, and costs.

72 citations



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TL;DR: In this article, a coal bridge to the future is described, and the secret to improve the quality of life by reading this coal bridge is found by reading a book that has different characteristic with others.
Abstract: Find the secret to improve the quality of life by reading this coal bridge to the future. This is a kind of book that you need now. Besides, it can be your favorite book to read after having this book. Do you ask why? Well, this is a book that has different characteristic with others. You may not need to know who the author is, how well-known the work is. As wise word, never judge the words from who speaks, but make the words as your good value to your life.

72 citations


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64 citations



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TL;DR: In an attempt to discover some of the underlying origins of World War I, the eminent diplomat and writer George Kennan focuses on a small sector of off-stage events to show how they affected the drama at large long before the war even began as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: In an attempt to discover some of the underlying origins of World War I, the eminent diplomat and writer George Kennan focuses on a small sector of offstage events to show how they affected the drama at large long before the war even began. In the introduction to his book George Kennan tells us, "I came to see World War I . . . as the great seminal catastrophe of this century--the event which . . . lay at the heart of the failure and decline of this Western civilization." But, he asks, who could help being struck by the contrast between this apocalyptic result and the "delirious euphoria" of the crowds on the streets of Europe at the outbreak of war in 1914! "Were we not," he suggests, "in the face of some monstrous miscalculation--some pervasive failure to read correctly the outward indicators of one's own situation?" It is from this perspective that Mr. Kennan launches a "micro-history" of the Franco-Russian relationship as far back as the 1870s in an effort to determine the motives that led people "to wander so blindly" into the horrors of the First World War.



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TL;DR: The author examines various aspects of current immigration to the United States, including the role of the United United States as the world's major receiver of refugees and immigrants for permanent settlement and the scale of currentimmigration in comparison with previous decades.
Abstract: The author examines various aspects of current immigration to the United States including the role of the United States as the worlds major receiver of refugees and immigrants for permanent settlement and the scale of current immigration in comparison with previous decades. The size of the illegal alien population is considered and the concentration of Spanish-speaking peoples among illegal aliens is contrasted with the diversity of earlier immigration. The future pressures for increased international migration is noted and the inadequacy of current U.S. immigration law enforcement is considered. The policy implications of these facts and their perception by the American public are discussed







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TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of panic buying on the spot market by oil importing countries led to higher prices and treatened supplies to established market channels, and the impacts of this situation are reviewed for the mid-term (to 1985) and the indefinite future.
Abstract: Panic buying on the spot market by oil-importing countries led to higher prices and treatened supplies to established market channels. A need for coordinated and cooperative policies among the importing countries became apparent in 1979, although the significance was lost on many governments and the relevant international institutions lacked the power or support to step in. The impacts of this situation are reviewed for the mid-term (to 1985) and the indefinite future. The analysis suggests that the real price of oil must be kept manageable during the 25-year transition period to oil alternatives, but this requires effective cooperation between oil-exporting and oil-importing countries and implies that threats to international stability must be contained or neutralized. Since these two conditions are unlikely, a series of major crises and conflicts should be expected. (DCK)

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