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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

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