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Summer 1992
Vol 71, Number 3 << Previous: Spring 1992 | Next: Fall 1992 >> FIND FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON A NEWSSTAND NEAR YOU
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Intelligence: Backing Into the Future
Ernest R. May
The main premises and objectives of the Boren and McCurdy bills on reorganization of the US intelligence community are clearly right, but they have certain features inconsistent with those promises (1) the assumption that the NSC "will remain the paramount policy forum for the President", when it is "in some respects an anachronism" (2) the proposed centralization of budget control under the DNI (3) the proposal to remove certain analysis functions from the CIA would result in its becoming more like the 'dirty tricks' organization that its "dubious image" already presents it as being (4) the proposed new Directorate for Estimates and Analysis ignores the historically-proven need for competition, rather than centralization, in this area.
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America and the Post-Soviet Republics
Dimitri K. Simes
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The Ukrainian Factor
Adrian Karatnycky
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Central Asia's Catapult to Independence
Martha Brill Olcott
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Islam, Democracy and the West
Robin Wright
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A Second Italian Republic?
Angelo M. Codevilla
"The first Italian republic is all but dead... anti-communism was the only reason why the Italian people tolerated it. As soon as they were able to junk the systems safely, they set about the task with gusto... Much more difficult to foresee is the process by which Italians will tackle the vested interests and habits that the first republic will leave behind".
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