It speaks for the continuing hold in the United States and elsewhere of the views formed during the early stages of the Cold War on the basis of patently wrong information that many Americans and others should be speculating on the “possibility” of China returning to the Soviet fold in … Read More
It is a matter of satisfaction to India that despite their preoccupation with the internal power struggle the Chinese have responded to its initiative for exchanging ambassadors. For, it is an assurance, however vague and indirect, that they are not particularly anxious at present either to fish in the troubled … Read More
It is rarely that a commentator in a communist country expresses himself frankly on developments in what has come to be known as the third world. Even when someone like Mr RA Ulyanovsky wants to communicate the message that the line put across in the Soviet mass media does not … Read More
There is no lack of evidence to show that since the unsuccessful Hungarian uprising in 1956 at least the United States has more or less been reconciled to the Soviet Union’s pre-eminence in eastern and central Europe. Indeed, it has been open to question whether even in the case of … Read More
It is not for us to say whether the Americans are looking for a scapegoat and whether Mr. Kissinger will have to fill the role. But it is obvious that they are baffled and angered by the new complexities that confront them in their dealings with the world and that … Read More
One of the leading China watchers in Hong Kong has offered what is apparently the most unlikely explanation of what is happening in that mysterious land. He has written in the February 27 issue of the Far Eastern Economic Review: “Although a power struggle is in progress in China the … Read More
If Mr Brezhnev has struck a highly optimistic note in his report to the 25th congress of the Soviet Communist Party, it is not just because the occasion demands it. The Soviet Union has without doubt come a long wav both at home and abroad not only since 1964 when … Read More
In his attempt to mobilise public opinion in favour of the Administration in its struggle with Congress, Mr. Kissinger is faced with the extremely difficult task of at once defending the policy of detente with the Soviet Union and emphasising the need to “contain Soviet power”. But it is becoming … Read More
It is not particularly surprising that at their Manila meeting last week the developing countries failed to agree on the commodities which the projected fund of three billion dollars should be used to back initially to ensure reasonable and stable prices for the producers. This is because while the list … Read More
The pros and cons of continuing the emergency proclaimed on June 26 last and the suitability or non-suitability of the present Constitution for meeting the challenges facing the country and the community will be the big political issues in the new year. The leadership of the ruling party favours significant … Read More
