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Summer 1992
James Leach (R-Iowa) describes the foremost areas of interest for American foreign policy.
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Winter 1987/88
Reviews foreign policy issues confronting the USA from a Democratic (i.e. generally progressive) point of view, by means of an occasionally combative critique of Reagan's 'unilateralist' foreign policy (e.g. concern with Nicaragua rather than with Latin-American debt) and of its over-reliance on covert action. Western Europe is 'safe enough' from Soviet invasion and Star Wars "is not only a fantasy but a fraud." Presents his party as that of 'responsible internationalism,' and concludes with a resumé of its trade policy.
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Winter 1987/88
Reviews foreign policy issues confronting the USA from a Republican (i.e. generally conservative) angle. Calls for bi-partisanship in support of (1) ABM treaty plus SDI (or some variant thereof) (2) strengthening NATO (3) expanding the Reagan doctrine in the Third World to give political and economic support for market-oriented democracies. Cites the Philippines as a case where promotion of democracy and national security went hand-in-hand.
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