Volume 12, Number 2, January 8, 1985
Interviews
Dr. Stephen Matthews
by Marjorie Mazel Hecht
The Livermore scientist explains how a spinoff of beam-weapon research can help feed the world.
Departments
Andean Report
by Javier Almario
Colombia: Integration or the IMF.
From New Delhi
by Susan Maitra
The Qaddafi Connection.
Report from Bonn
by Rainer Apel
Weinberger Keeps the Germans Buzzing.
Middle East Report
by Thierry Lalevée
The PLO’s New Horizons.
Northern Flank
by Aurora Borealis
How Long Will Olof Palme Last?
Dateline Mexico
by Josefina Menéndez
PAN Calls for Insurrection.
Editorial
The Lessons of the Indian Election.
Economics
World Bank Enforces Debt-for-Equity Grab
by Christopher White
Contributing Editor Christopher White examines a pilot project for a policy that would lead directly to recolonization of Third World debtor-nations.
U.S. Trade Deficit Means American Banks Loot Third World
by Richard Freeman
The strength of the dollar has reversed the traditional role of the U.S.A. as an industrial nation.
Currency Rates
How the IMF’s ‘Conditions’ Stop Economic Growth: the Case of Egypt
by Prof. Gouda Abdel-Khalek
His presentation at the Nov. 24-25 Schiller Institute conference.
Gold
by Montresor
The Soviets and the Price Collapse.
Domestic Credit
by Richard Freeman
Machine Tools and National Security.
Agriculture
by Marcia Merry
The Farm Bank Disaster.
Debt Moratorium
by Nancy Spannaus
Hamilton Turns Debt into Credit.
Business Briefs
Special Report
A Winning Strategy for the Second Panama Canal
A new EIR study, reported in summary fashion here, demonstrates that a second canal is urgently needed, if the Isthmus of Panama is not to become a critically congested bottleneck by the end of this century, rather than a center for facilitating world trade.
How the New Panama Canal Will Expand World Trade by the Year 2000
A Two-Way, Sea-Level Canal: The Biggest Excavation Project in History
Canal Would Provide the Motor for Industrial Development of the Region
International
Terrorism Strikes in Europe, U.S. Troops Hit
A brutal terrorist wave which is far from finished is proving to be closely linked to Soviet strategy.
Who is Moscow’s New Defense Chief?
by Konstantin George
Profile of Marshal Sergei Sokolov.
Yugoslavia: IMF and Russian Wolves on the Prowl
by Konstantin George
Their aim: the dismemberment of Yugoslavia.
Knives Are Being Sharpened in Pakistan
by Susan Maitra
Will Zia be the next casualty of the “Great Game”?
The Mideast: Soviets Try To Block Weinberger Peace Bid
by Thierry Lalevée
The Times Demands Fascism in Israel
by Mark Burdman
A Mediterranean Grenada in the Making
by Liliana Gorini
The Soviets take over Malta.
International Intelligence
National
Reagan Backs Weinberger: Save Cities, Not Missiles
by Vin Berg
The President is not flinching in the face of Soviet ultimatums and wild howls from the Eastern Establishment press.
Graham’s Post Caught ‘Aiding the Enemy’
by Lydia Cherry
The Fraud of the New Anti-Apartheid Drive
by Kathleen Klenetsky
Jesse Jackson is always for sale cheap; the ADL is purchasing his services.
Weinberger on the Strategic Doctrine
The slightly abridged text of the Defense Secretary’s address before the Foreign Press Club Dec. 19.
Kissinger Watch
by M.T. Upharson
Kiss of Death in the Dominican Republic — On to Brazil.
National News
