VOL. XXXIV

NO. 35

3-JUNE-1991

The Political Scene

Regional arms control seemed to be the topic foremost in everyone's mind,with the Israelis advocating a system which amounts to unilateral Arabdisarmament and the Americans putting forward general proposals which, whilewell-intentioned and more balanced, look as if they stand little chance unlessthe Arab-Israeli conflict can be resolved first (and perhaps not much of achance then). In Saudi Arabia, a demand for radical reforms has come from an...