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relative to global food supply, assertions of nationalism and intran- 

 sigence by the many new nations, incidents of bombing and terrorism 

 around the world, hijackings and kidnapings, urban guerrilla move- 

 ments in several countries, religious conflict in Northern Ireland and 

 communal conflict in Cyprus and Lebanon, power shifts or active 

 contests at many points in Eurasia and Africa, unease over prolifera- 

 tion of nuclear weapons and the stability of the nuclear deterrent, 

 frustration over the issue of seabed sovereignty, growing awareness of 

 the disintegration of the world monetary structure erected after World 

 War II and of the possibility of world monetary collapse, and a general 

 sense that national goals of the many old and new nations of the world 

 were at cross-purposes. 



The want of coherence and shared common purpose in the United 

 Nations, the superpowers, NATO, and other groups of nations that 

 once found opportunities for cooperation is a distressing characteristic 

 of the contemporary world. It is a time for rebuilding and new leader- 

 ship toward purposes that all can share. That is the prime challenge 

 of American diplomacy in the final quarter of the 20th century. 



