Orbis Summer 1996

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Orbis
Summer 1996
Volume 40
Number 3

Editor’s Column Summer 1996

Walter A. McDougall

Article References

Beijing’s Reach in the South China Sea

Felix K. Chang

Moscow’s Plans to Restore its Power

Richard F. Staar

A Sober Survey of the Islamic World

Ira M. Lapidus

Why the United States Must Remain Engaged

Larry Diamond

Is “the West” Religious or Secular?

David Gress

Review Essays

Indonesia at Fifty

Guy J. Pauker

New Players on the Mexican Scene

George W. Grayson

Central America Departs Center Stage

Edward A. Lynch

Environmental Fevers and Cold Facts

Patrick Clawson