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FOREWORD a "ne might draw a number of parallels between the SAIS Review and the Reagan administration: Both arrived in Washington in winter 1981, and both were closely monitored by Washington's foreign policy community . Both eventually gained international respect. One could even say that the SAIS Review celebrates its fourth anniversary with President Reagan : The first issue saw U.S. foreign policy at the crossroads with a new president, and volume 5, number 1, considers the global implications of his second term. But the SAIS Review is run by students; the current administration has yet to request such leadership. As a Washington-basedjournal of international affairs, the SAIS Review has not only accommodated electoral politics, it has featured them. Four years ago the Review published an article by Robert E. Osgood entitled "Carter Policy in Perspective." Four years later, Dr. Osgood is working with the Policy Planning Staff of the State Department, and, accordingly, the lead article ofthis issue is Robert W. Tucker's "Thoughts on a Second Reagan Administration." And the cycle continues, but not without interim highlights. The Review captured national attention as a result of its interview with Abolhassan Bani Sadr in winter 1982, and was featured on "NBC Nightly News" because of its timely interview with Chester Crocker in winter 1983. Although these are only two highlights among many, they elucidate the Review's rise to prominence, and preface volume 5, number 1. From Caspar W. Weinberger's "The Nature of Deterrence" to Bruce Parrott's "Soviet Policy: A Fork in the Road?" to Laurence Radway's "U.S. Forces in Europe: Cautious Contraction," this issue takes a long look at the United States' relations with the rest ofthe world. Peter Pringle scrutinizes yellow rain and chemical arms control, Thomas Perry Thornton examines American interest in India during the past two administrations, and Robert L. Rothstein presents a case for a revision of U.S. resource diplomacy. Philip Geyelin conducts an insightful interview with former Egyptian ambassador to the United States Ashraf Ghorbal, and the status of U.S. alliances is thoroughly addressed by such notables as Oliver Wright, Simon Serfaty, and William C. Sherman. The Soviet Union is analyzed in terms of its foreign policy, its economy, and its relationship with Eastern Europe, and the lead group ofarticles discusses the roles ofCongress, the Constitution, and American influence in the second term of the Reagan presidency. But even more important than its contents is the happy occasion marked by the publication ofvolume 5, number 1: the continuing success of the Review. And although it is impossible to thank each person who has contributed to this success, it is appropriate to thank all of our readers; our contributors; our patrons; past editorial coordinators; the chairmen of The Foreign Policy Institute; the editor in residence; the executive director; past faculty advisors and committees; the dean; past Review staffs, editors, and managers; all those individuals who have supported the Review through encouragement and interest; and the departing managing editor of FPI publications, whose advisory role in the editorial production of thisjournal has immeasurably facilitated the publication of the past four volumes, and whose professional wisdom has been an invaluable resource. Many thanks. Katherine J. Hagedorn editor vi ...

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