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The Soviet Union and Ba''thist Iraq have maintained a close political relationship since 1968 on the basis of their shared anti-imperialism. Soviet arms transfers and political and economic support have enabled Iraq to remain independent of and often hostile to the West. Otherwise, Ba''thist Arab nationalism and Soviet Marxism-Leninism diverge. From 1968 to 1972 Soviet-Iraqi relations were cordial but disputes emerged over the Kurds and the Arab-Israeli dispute. They were closest between 1972 and 1975, when Iraq''s conflicts with Iran, the Kurds, Israel, and Western oil companies drove it to heightened dependence on Soviet arms transfers. In the third phase from 1975 to the present (1980), relations have deteriorated because of a reversal of the earlier dependencies. Iraqi oil wealth, the role that France has played as an alternative arms supplier, and increasingly sharp ideological disputes suggest that Iraq''s present alienation from the Soviet Union may persist into the future. (Author).

The first and most important conclusion to be drawn from the preceeding analysis of the Soviet intervention calculus is that the United States and its Western allies must increase their capabilities to project power into the Persian Gulf. While we may assert as a matter of historical interpretation that past Soviet threats to intervene in the Midwdle East have been bluffs, there is too much uncertainty in our ability to determine even past Soviet motives to confidently predict them for the future. We have seen that a sufficient number of factors have changed since the early 70''s to cast serious doubt on whether or not the earlier pattern of Soviet restraint will continue. Other unforeseen developments, such as a wholesale change in the risk-taking propensities of the Soviet leadership as a result of the Brezhnev succession, could have different and incalculable effects. While recent events suggest that residual U.S. capabilities may be sufficient to deter Soviet adventurism--and indeed, our collective survival depends on this being the case--it would be foolish to base long-term policy on this assumption. In addition to creating the physical resources to defend Western interests in the Gulf, the United States must communicate clearly to Moscow its intention to use them if necessary.

I Missnöjets tid bemöter Francis Fukuyama kritiken av liberalismen från både höger och vänster, och navigerar sig mot ideologins grund - principerna om jämställdhet och individens frihet. Vilka segrar har liberalismen gjort, och vilka förluster?

Francis Fukuyama previu o ''fim da história'' com a ascensão da democracia liberal e do capitalismo global. O assunto de seu último livro é - a construção das novas nações-estado. De acordo com o autor, o fim da história nunca foi um procedimento automático