Archive Report
Archive Report
Division in the West
Recent Strains on the Atlantic Alliance
There is an axiom in diplomacy that friendships among nations last until they are tested. So far, 1980 has been a year full of tests for both the United States and its allies. Seven months after the Russian invasion of Afghanistan and nine months after the seizure of American hostages in Iran, U.S. foreign policy faces a host of challenges. The gravest of these, many experts say, is mending the Western alliance. The often uneasy cooperation among Europe, Canada and the United States has been shaken further by political and economic crises around the world. There have been crises before in the Atlantic partnership, especially in the Sixties and mid-Seventies, but America's leadership role was then ...