VOL. XXXI

NO. 10

14-DECEMBER-1987

The Middle East Situation

The outcome of the superpower summit seems likely to come as a considerabledisappointment to any Middle East leaders looking to the encounter for solutionsto the region's conflicts, and above all the Gulf war. The summit coincidedwith the failure of the latest round of negotiations on the Gulf at the UnitedNations, and produced nothing to indicate that the two superpowers seeeye-to-eye on how to proceed on the issues despite rising...