VOL. XXXIV

NO. 36

10-JUNE-1991

The Political Scene

Algerian President Chadli Benjedid has been forced to put his democratizationprogram on hold by the violent tactics of the religiously-oriented FrontIslamique du Salut. Israel has agreed that the Europeans should play a role inany peace conference, although it is not clear what it will be. In Kuwait theauthorities have scheduled elections for next year. The US is openly at oddswith UN Secretary General Perez de Cuellar over how much of Iraq's...