Russian roulette: Moscow is developing a new rallying cry. Rogue states of the world, unite.

From: National Review | Date: January 26, 1998| Author: Rosenberger, Chandler | Copyright information

Mr. Rosenberger is assistant to the president of Boston University and a research fellow at the Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology, and Policy.

SIX years ago, Yevgeny Primakov, then a special envoy of Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev, made his first foray onto the international stage. He arrived in Baghdad on the eve of the first Western attack in the Gulf War, hoping to avert hostilities at the last minute -- and thus unravel President Bush's careful diplomacy....

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