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Great Decisions [And] Great Decisions Activity Book DOCUMENT RESUME ED 400 211 SO 025 581 AUTHOR Hoepli, Nancy L., Ed. TITLE Great Decisions [and] Great Decisions Activity Book. 1994 Edition. INSTITUTION Foreign Policy Association, New York, N.Y. REPORT NO ISBN-0-87124-155-2; ISBN-0-87124-156-0; ISSN-072-727X PUB DATE 94 NOTE 145p. AVAILABLE FROM Foreign Policy Association, c/o CUP Services, P.O. Box 6525, Ithaca, NY 14851; 800-477-5836 ($11). PUB TYPE Guides Classroom Use Instructional Materials (For Learner)(051) Guides Classroom Use Teaching Guides (For Teacher) (052) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC06 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS African History; *Developing Nations; Environment; Foreign Countries; *Foreign Policy; *Global Education; *International Relations; International Trade; Multicultural Education; Secondary Education; Social Studies; United States History; *World Affairs; World History ABSTRACT This book discusses foreign policy issues and provides background information on current topics. This edition examines the following major issues:(1) "Conflict in Former Yugoslavia: Quest for Solutions" (Susan L. Woodward);(2) "South Africa: Forging a Democratic Union" (Jean Herskovits); (3) "Environmental Crisis in Former Soviet Bloc: Whose Problem? Who Pays?" (William Sweet);(4) "Trade with the Pacific Rim: Pressure or Cooperation?" (Jinny St. Goar);(5) "Defense: Redefining U.S. Needs and Priorities" (David C. Morrison);(6) "Argentina, Brazil, Chile: Democracy and Market Economics" (Jacqueline Mazza);(7) "Islam and Politics: Egypt, Algeria, and Tunisia" (Lawrence G. Potter); and (8) "New World Disorder? U.S. in Search of a Role" (James Chace). The activity book contains activities on each subject and six handout master sheets pertaining to the world area under study. (EH) ******************************************** .:;,A**k****************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** 1994 Edition PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL IN OTHER THAN PAPER COPY HAS BEEN GRANTED BY /N. S. CAIIA KAAI TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) 19 This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent , official OERI position or policy. ii> Conflic a. ,,,.;eff-,- Democratic So Ecotide Sovi Del 46:4 4 ,C 1611111. An Invitation THE FOREIGN POLICY ASSOCIATION, which publishes the GREAT DECISIONS briefing book and sponsors the nationwide Great Decisions discussion program, invites you to become a National Associate of the Foreign Policy Association. Your participation will enable FPA, an independent, nonpartisan educational organization, to carry out its mission, namely, to help Americans gain a better understand- ing of U.S. foreign policy and to stimulate constructive and informed citizen participation in world affairs. To become a National Associate, please use the envelope that is bOnd into this book. Associates will receive a membership card, FPA's most recent Headline Series ("Environmental Scarcity and Global Security") and the catalogue of publications. Members' names will be listed in next year's briefing book. Great Decisions Discussion Groups Enhance your knowledge of international events and meet others who share your interest in foreign policy. Join a GREAT DECISIONS discussion group in your community. Sponsors include the League of Women Voters, UNA-USA chapters, "Y's," World Affairs Councils, churches and synagogues, and libraries. Or start your own discussion group. To start your own group: 1. Assemble a group of 8-12 people. Recruit your friends or find members in neighborhood or civic groups, the library, church or synagogue. Put a notice in the local newspaper. 2. Purchase a copy of GREAT DECISIONS for each participant. Inquire about the special program in Georgia. 3. Determine a meeting schedule. Many groups meet weekly or biweekly after the book's publication in January. Other groups prefer a fall meeting schedule or a monthly schedule throughout the year. 4. Select the leadership for the group. Some groups prefer to have the same person lead all eight sessions, while others share responsibilities among group members. 5. Designate one group member to collect opinion ballots and forward them to the Foreign Policy Association. Your opinions will be known by the Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense and Members of Congress. Do you have questions about starting, joining, leading or participating in a Great Decisions group? Write or call the Community and College Programs Department at (800) 628-5754. 3 CONTENTS I. Conflict in Former Yugoslavia: Quest for Solutions by Susan L. Woodward 3 2. South Africa: Forging a Democratic Union by Jean Herskovits 17 3. Environmental Crisis in Former Soviet Bloc: Whose Problem? Who Pays? by William Sweet 27 4. Trade with the Pacific Rim: Pressure or Cooperation? by Jinny St. Goar 39 5. Defense: Redefining U.S. Needs and Priorities by David C. Morrison 49 6. Argentina, Brazil, Chile: Democracy and Market Economics by Jacqueline Mazza 61 7. Islam and Politics: Egypt, Algeria and Tunisia by Lawrence G. Potter 71 8. New World Disorder? U.S. in Search of a Role by James Chace 83 Opinion Ballots 15-16, 37-38, 59-60, 81-82 Printed by Ripon Community Printers, Ripon, Wisconsin How to get more out of GREAT DECISIONS 91 Cover design: Ed Bohon Cover photo of Bosnian soldier: AP/Wide World Photos Information sources and key organizations 92 ©COPYRIGHT 1994 BY FOREIGN POLICY Opinion ballots: 1993 results 93 ASSOCIATION, INC., 729 SEVENTH AVE- NUE, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019. ALL Index to GREAT DECISIONS RIGHTS RESERVED. RESEARCHED AS OF NOVEMBER 27, 1993. THE AUTHORS ARE topics (1983-93) 95 RESPONSIBLE FOR FACTUAL ACCURACY AND FOR THE VIEWS EXPRESSED. FPA ITSELF TAKES NO POSITION ON ISSUES OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. LIBRARY No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, OF CONGRESS CARD NUMBER: 58-59828. or by any means, without permission in writing from the publisher. 4 INTRODUCTION GREAT DECISIONS N 1993, the Foreign Policy Association celebrated its 75th birthday. Itsfounders Editorial were internationalists. They understood the challenge and the opportunity Advisory 11presented to Americans by our victory in World War I. Unfortunately in the 1920s the country failed to rise to that challenge. We refused to join the League of Committee Nations, which President Woodrow Wilson had designed and, by turning inward. defaulted on the leadership role that had been thrust upon us. Barely a decade later, CHAIRMAN we paid an awful price for our neglect. Richard H. Ullman Seventy years later, having won the cold war, Americans face a similar Professor of International Affairs, challenge. Once again, domestic concerns, some of them long neglected, cry for The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs attention, and many believe they should be given primacy. Yet the world' of the Princeton University 1990s is very different from that of the 1920s. To illustrate, only 3% of our jobs then were export-driven. Now, that figure has increased almost sixfold to 17%. Earl W. Foell Television, unknown in the 1920s, has become ubiquitous. Arguably, television got Former Editor in Chief us into Somalia and will get us out, obscuring what should have beenthe true policy World Monitor and The Christian debate about our goals there and what might have been done to achieve them. Science Monitor The real question, now as in the Christine R. Lucas 1920s, is whether we can turn inward Great Decisions Coordinator, Ohio Program Officer, without imperiling America's long-term Cleveland Council on World Affairs interests in the world. Educated Ponchitta A. Pierce Americans can help our leaders answer Television Host and Producer that question. The national debate in the FPA Director fall of 1993 over the North American Sanford J. Ungar Free Trade Agreement demonstrated Dean, School of Communication, once again the role of informed opinion. The American University Among the lessons to be learned Nancy L. Hoepli from President Clinton's Nafta victory FPA Editor in Chief are the importance of Presidential Ex officio leadership, particularly in areas in FPA PRESIDENT John Temple Swing which domestic interests clash with presents the 1993 National Opinion Ballot Report to Deputy Secretary of State international interests, and the impor- FOREIGN Clifton Wharton tance of informed citizens who under- POLICY stand the issues and are willing to ASSOCIATION express their views to their elected representatives. 1918 For 40 years, participants in the Foreign Policy Association's Great Decisions program have been studying and discussing American foreign. policy andexpressing their opinions. This year you have the opportunity to make your voice heard on Paul Ford Chairman of the Board of Directors eight major issues that will be facing the country during 1994. Bound into this book you will find a set of opinion ballots, with a duplicate set for couples who maybe John Temple Swing sharing the book. All you need do is fill out the ballots and mail them to us before President June 30, 1994, in order to be sure that your views can be tabulated in time for presentation to the President, the Secretaries of State and Defense, the national security adviser, congressional leaders and the media. EDITOR IN CHIEF In October 1993, I had the honor to present the National Opinion Ballot Report Nancy L. Hoepli to Deputy Secretary of State Clifton Wharton. In his acknowledging letter, he wrote: SENIOR EDITORS "Special thanks for the survey results. They will be very useful to me. The Great Ann R. Monjo K.M. Rohan Decisions program is such vital work. I only wish it could be replicated a hundred- fold...." A summary of the results of the 1993 National Opinion Ballot Report EDITORIAL INTERN Abby Safirstein appears on pages 93 and 94.
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