Commentary

As much of the world watches in disbelief, at least four militias are battling for control of Liberi

AS BORIS YELTSIN IS LEARNING, transferring Russia's clunky state industries to private ownership req

TAKING A LEAF out of Bill Clinton's notebook, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney is planning a m

RUSSIAN TROOPS MUST LEAVE BALTICSI agree with William Danvers that Russia needs help ("Heedi

President-elect Bill Clinton's renewed promise of an early economic stimulus package probably will m

Many analysts believe that President-elect Bill Clinton owes his victory to his attacks on what he c

Bill Clinton correctly showed during the presidential campaign that virtually no jobs had been creat

THESE ARE TOUGH TIMES for the French wine industry. Even before Washington threatened to impose puni

Despite endless talk in the election campaign about "jump-starting the economy," the incoming Clinto

When word made the rounds that Hong Kong Telecom, the territory's telephone monopoly and largest pri

ENVIRONMENTALISTS HAVE HIGH HOPES for Bill Clinton's energy policies. Clinton advisers already are h

IT ISN'T EVERY DAY a clumsy, outdated law can be revived and put to good use. But that's what's happ

The bitter struggle in the European Commission over the GATT world trade talks has decisively tipped

A new cottage industry has developed in the United States: forecasting the changes that will be made

HOW BADLY does Japan really need to import highly toxic plutonium to supply its nuclear power plants

A COMMITMENT TO NONPROLIFERATIONIn his Nov. 5 Opinion article, "Saddam's Argentine Connectio

EUROPE'S LEADERS have their work cut out for them on the home front. Just ahead of votes in the Euro

President-elect Bill Clinton has repeatedly promised to put together a national health-care plan in

The budget deficit poses a dilemma for the incoming Clinton administration. It is impossible to simu

NOTHING EXCITES BUREAUCRATS like overhauling the bureaucracy, and Bill Clinton has plenty of that in

President-elect Bill Clinton's first efforts last week to assemble his transition teams probably cam

In his Nov. 9 article on this page ("Leave the USTR Post Vacant"), my former Mike Samuels, argued th

I saw a condominium that was marked down by $500,000. Co-ops valued above $1 million aren't moving.<

HUNT DEFENDS DRIVER RECORDYour Oct. 21 article, "Teamsters Seek Numbers Among J.B. H

FOR TWO WEEKS LAST JUNE, the Earth Summit in Brazil focused worldwide attention on protecting the gl

FREIGHT SHIPPERS owe a debt of gratitude to Jim Bartley, who retires next month after 20 years as Wa

To: BC From: Transition (Intl. Issues)Re: Trade, et al.The Team has been discussing

Fidel Velazquez, the stocky, 92-year-old leader of the Confederation of Mexican Workers, this countr

The presidential transition has barely begun, but already the signs are plain. Mr. Clinton'sstay in

WHAT HAPPENS to group health plans when a worker contracts a costly illness such as AIDS? Fo

EVEN AS BILL CLINTON prepares to jump-start the domestic economy, international issues are coming to

Sweden's shock tactics in forcing its overnight interest rates up to 500 percent in September seem t

U.S. SHIPBUILDERS HAVE BEEN PROTESTING foreign shipyard subsidies for years, and with good reason: G

NOT LONG AGO, it looked like the U.S. airline industry might be reduced to three major carriers: Ame

FRIEDMAN, DARWIN AND MR. LIFSCHULTZThere is a subhuman philosophy rampant in our land promot

The first foreign policy challenge of the Clinton presidency will be what to do about the further di

CANADA'S PRIME MINISTER, Brian Mulroney, was in trouble with voters even before last month's referen

Another aviation dispute may be about to add to the strains between the United States and its major

FIXING THE ECONOMY is Bill Clinton's highest priority, but reforming the health care system is a clo

The election of a new president also means a new team to handle U.S. trade policy. Most important, i