Arms trade study points to US lead and global profits
A Washington study notes vast growth in arms sales since 1973 with the United States holding the top long term position. In 1980 contracted sales to Third World nations exceed 40 billion, led by Saudi Arabia and Iran purchases, while the Soviet bloc remains substantial but secondary.
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Falklands
United States
Center For Defense Information
Congressional Research Service
China
U.S
U.S.S.R
Britain
West Germany
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Pearl Harbor
Taxpayers Fund Liberal Fellowships In Foreign Affairs
A column exposes NEH grants to the International Affairs Fellowship Program run by the Council on Foreign Relations. It details taxpayer subsidies totaling $500,000 across 1979 81 and cites Paula Stern who moved from Brookings to the State Department and then to the International Trade Commission via CFA Fellowships.
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New York
Conservative Digest
CETA
National Endowment For the Humanities
Council of Foreign Relations
NEH
Henry Kissinger
Harvard
Conservative Caucus Research, Analysis & Education Foundation
CFA
Justice
CIA
Congress
Washington
Paula Stern
Gaylord Nelson
Wisconsin
Brookings Institution
Carter-Mondale
Department of the State
Stern
U.S. International Trade Commission
Carter
U.N
Don McHenry
Michel Oxenburg
National Security Council
Jan Kalicki
Edward Kennedy
Mitterrand and Reagan at Versailles Highlight French Socialism
The article portrays Francois Mitterrand as a leading European socialist hosting Ronald Reagan at Versailles. It notes France's extensive nationalization, the state’s control of credit, and directed investment, while contrasting French conservatism with socialist aims. It cites share ownership, cultural transformation, and the left's historic influence in French society.
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Paris
Francois Mitterand
Europe
Ronald Reagan
Versailles
Louis XIV
Germany
Italy
Spain
Mitterand
Sun King
France
Renault
Air Force
United States
U.S
Alain Peyrefitte
Britain
Mitterrand
Iran Iraq war and regional powers amid evolving balance
The piece reflects on a theoretical expansionist Iran disrupting the Persian Gulf, seizing oil hubs and provoking Arab backlash. It notes the shift from shah back to revolutionary Iran, the ongoing Iran Iraq conflict, and the new dynamic where religion and momentum influence outcomes as Iraq faces a border stalemate and Iran gains leverage.
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Persian Gulf
Washington
Iran
Iraq
Global Mideast Shifts and Nuclear Arming Fears
Amid Gulf war talk Iran's regional leverage shifts with Saudi, Israeli and Syrian alignments. Argentina races toward a nuclear capability with Navy control, while CIA and DIA assess timing. US cautions but debates nonproliferation, Falklands backdrop frames nuclear urgency. Executive memo notes bureaucratic perks and White House environmental policy heft.
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Bluefield Baily Telegraph
Hugh Shott
Richard Wesley
Merchants of
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Exocet
South Atlantic
William L. Rusher
George F. Will
Austria
Scandinavia
Paul Fabra
le Monde
Donald F. Graff
Gulf Oilfields
Saddam Hussein
Gulf
Syria
Israel
Mideast
Shah
Jordan
Jack Anderson
Argentina
Juan Peron
Peron
Nazi Germany
State Department
Jimmy Carter
Buenos Aires
Navy
Adm
Carlos Madero
Madero
Dale van Atta
Defense Intelligence Agency
South Africa
Soviet Union
Sherman Unger
Commerce Department
Los Angeles
San Diego
Sierra Club
White House
Michigan Environmental Review Board
Flaharty
James Watt
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