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German Reunification Effects

This research examines the potential effects of German reunification on international relations generally, and, more specifically, on the socalled New World Order spoken of in somewhat vague terms by President Bush. The findings of this research are presented in discussions (1) defining the New World Order, (2) describing German reunification, and (3) assessing the potential effects on the New World Order of German reunification.

President Bush began speaking of a New World Order, as soon as the Soviets supported and the Chinese abstained from voting on the American resolution before the United Nations Security Council to authorize the use of military force to oust Iraq from Kuwait. He became more voluble on the issue, once the oilrich familybusiness states in the Mideast (Saudi Arabia and Kuwait), and the other economic superpowers (Japan and Germany) agreed to foot most of the American bill for the war. The latest reports from Washington on the financing of the war against Iraq indicate that the United States will likely turn a financial profit on Operation Desert Storm; however, the presidential press secretary said that any excess funds would be returned to the donor nations.

In discussions of the New World Order, however, no one has provided many specifics. "Like his domestic policy of 'a thousand points of light,' Bush's new world order is a rather vague slogan with all kinds of positive connotations: freedom, democracy, peace, punishment of aggression, rule of international law."1 Neither the president nor any one else in the Administration, however, has said just what all of this rhetoric means, and just what the New World Order actually is, or will be.

On the surface, it appears that President Bush put together a remarkable coalition composed of both Second World War allies and Second World War enemies, together with an assortment of Mideast countries which are normally quarreling among themselves. The union...

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