VOL. XXXIV

NO.15

14-JANUARY-1991

The Political Scene

The ides of January are fast approaching, and with them the climax of thehighest-stakes international poker game since the Cuban missile crisis. TheIraqi-American talks in Geneva ended in failure, and the Iraqis have rejected acompromise venue for talks with the European Community. Even the Algeriansappear to have given up on attempting to find a diplomatic solution. The lasthopes for peace in the Gulf rest on eleventh-hour initiatives by the...