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Examines the paradox of communism in Third World countries, focusing on central Asia. During the cold war, the USSR & other communist regimes in eastern Europe had regarded these republics as weak & dependent; but three years after the collapse of communism in eastern Europe & one year after its suppression in the former USSR, it is clear that the experiences of many communist nations are much different from those projected by either the USSR or the US during the cold war. It is only now becoming clear that these communist countries represent distinct sociopolitical entities. 2 Photographs. M. Maguire

The article looks at how the war has had a lasting effect on Iran and it examines the very different repercussions in Iraq. The depressing conclusion is that after the eight-year long carnage in the Gulf and after nearly a year of peace, very little has changed. While the war allowed Khomeini to entrench his version of revolutionary Islam in power and awaken the people to fight the problems that threaten the revolution, Iraq's most important objective was and still is to secure once and for all her narrow access to the Gulf. The concentration on reconstruction activity in the southern region is said to be closely tied to the country's anxiety about its sovereignty in the area. (DÜI-Asd)