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Summer 1993

After the Cold War: The North/South Divide

Roundtable discussion: “After the Cold War: The North/South Divide,” with Eqbal Ahmad, Jagat Metha, Alan K. Henrikson, Randall Forsberg, and an interview with Ambassador Olara Otunnu. Also: Mickey Davis on legal imperialism, Alan Stone on The Crying Game, new South African poetry, and more.

Editor’s Note

Around Town
Nancy K. Kaufman


After the Cold War: The North South Divide

Introduction
Randall Forsberg

Security After the Cold War: Emerging Perspectives
An interview with Ambassador Olara Otunnu by Joshua Cohen

At Cold War’s End: A World of Pain
Eqbal Ahmad

Cooperative Security: From the Bottom Up
Jagat Mehta

Cooperative Security: From the Top Down
Alan K. Henrikson

After the Cold War: Looking for Common Ground
Randall Forsberg


Meeting the Gaze of the Great Horned Owl
Robin Becker

Orange
Rachel Hadas

The Range of Understanding
David Ferry

The Long Distance South-African
Denis Hirson

The Crying Game
Alan A. Stone

New South African Poetry
Edited by Peter Anderson and Kim Cooper

The Power of Rights
Wendy Brown

A Touring Man Loses His Way
Carl Phillips

Christine in Hollywood
Sally Cragin

Harmonization
Mickey Davis

Poet’s Sampler
Martín Espada introduces Jack Agüeros


Brief Reviews

Us by Wayne Karlin
Adam Begley

The World Book by Steven Cramer
David Daniel

Imaginary Men by Enid Shomer
Maxine Rodburg

Trilce by César Vallejo, translated by Clayton Eshleman
Don Share

The Flight of Andy Burns: Stories by Alice Mattison
Debra Spark


Uncle Douglas and the Whirring Blades
Walter McDonald

Readers’ Forum
Letters from Jamin B. Raskin, Celinda Lake and Steve Cobble

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