Book Reviews : The Year Book of World Affairs, 1973. Volume 27. Stevens & Sons Ltd. £5.50. 462 pages
| Published date | 01 December 1972 |
| Date | 01 December 1972 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/004711787200400612 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
731
The
Year
Book
of
World
Affairs,
1973.
Volume
27.
Stevens
&
Sons
Ltd.
£5.50.
462
pages.
This
edition
of
the
Year
Book
of
World
Athairs
opens
with
a
tribute
to
Professor
Wolfgang
Friedman,
killed
in
America
in
1972,
a
victim
of
the
senseless
violence
that
is
becoming
such
a
ubiquitous
feature
of
the
modern
world.
As
usual,
it
consists
of
a
large
number
of
articles
dealing
with
varied
subjects.
In
&dquo;The
Logic
of
State
Sovereignty
versus
the
Requirements
of
World
Order&dquo;,
Richard
Falk,
argues
the
need
to
replace
a
nation-state
system
which
is
quite
obviously
failing
to
meet
the
growing
challenges
inherent
in
it
by
one
which
is
capable
of
reconciling
ecological
imperatives
and
economic
equilibrium.
He
sees,
as
one
avenue
of
escape,
the
growth
of
multi-national
corporate
entities
capable
of
regulating
world
economy
on
a
sane
bas:is,
but
takes
perhaps
too
rosy
a
view
of
human
wisdom.
Werner
Burmeister
assesses
sympathetically
&dquo;Brandt’s
Opening
to
the
East&dquo;
policy
which
he
thinks
may
ultimately
bestow
upon
him
the
&dquo;mark
of
greatness&dquo;
historically.
Harold
Blakemore
makes
a
fervent
plea
for
non-
intervention
in
Chile.
&dquo;That
remarkable
country
has
quite
enough
problems
of
its
own
without
having
to
bear
the
intolerable
burden
of
other
peoples
expectations ..
the
basic
question
(however)
remains;
can
Chile
secure
a
middle
way
between
stability
based
on
exploitation
and
radical
change
built
on
hatred&dquo;.
The
subsequent
events
and
the
death
of
Allende
leaves
the
question
still
open.
G.
W.
Choudhury
gives
a
detailed
account
of
the
&dquo;Emergence
of
Bangla-Desh
and
the
S.
Asian
Triangle&dquo;
set
against
the
rivalries
of
the
USA,
the
USSR,
China,
India
and
Pakistan.
The
recent
floods
in
that
unfortunate
country
and
their
appalling
aftermath
pose
the
question
whether
in
reality
it
can
have
any
viability
as
a
wholly
independent
self-supporting
state.
In
&dquo;The
Commonwealth
in
the
1970s&dquo;
Margaret
Doxey
questions
whether
growing
public
denunciation
in
the
developing
countries
of
British
policy,
often
more
enlightened
in
fact
than
that
of
its
critics,
will
not
in
the
end
effectively
block
a
proper
appreciation
of
what
the
Commonwealth
actually
offers
its
members
as
a
&dquo;continuing
system
of
functional
co-opera-
tion
from
which
all
can
benefit&dquo;.
The
next
two
articles
deal
with
&dquo;African
Unity
and
the
OAU:
The
Place
of
a
Political
Myth
in
African
Diplomacy&dquo;
by
James
Mayall
and
‘’’fhe
Strategic
Significance
of
South
Africa&dquo;
by
J.
E.
Spence
who
is
doubtful
of
its
continuing
importance
to
the
Western
Powers
since
South
Africa’s
foreign
policy
lacks
the
requisite
flexibility
to
meet
changing
circumstances.
On
the
other
hand.
however,
there
are
some
recent
signs
that
this
may
be
changing.
Robin
Alison
Remington
looks
at
&dquo;The
Warsaw
Pact:
Communist
Coalition
in
Politics
in
Action&dquo;
and
George
Ginsburgs
considers
&dquo;The
Constitutional
Foundations
of
the
Socialist
Commonwealth&dquo;
from
the
angle
of
theoretical
and
organizational
principles
which
are
inter-governmental
and
non-military.
Boric
Meissner
examines
&dquo;The
Political
Treaties
of
China
and
the
Soviet
Union
in.
East
Asia&dquo;
by
which
the
USSR
hopes
to
limit
the
growing
power
of the
Peoples
Republic
of
China
by
the
establishment
of
a
balance
of
power
in
East
Asia
on
the
basis
of
a
system
of
collective
security.
A
companion
article
by
Geoffrey
Williams
&dquo;The
Strategic
Nuclear
Balance
and
the
Defence
of
Europe&dquo;
ends
with
a
prophecy
that
&dquo;Some
day
a
security
system
in
Europe
will
emerge
but
the
political
and
strategic
factors
leading
up
to
such
a
system
will
have
transformed
the
politics
of
Europe
and
the
present
alliance
system
will
change
its
form
in
the
process&dquo;.
The
role
of
&dquo;Money
in
International
Communist
Economies&dquo;
is
the
subject
of
the
article
by
Stefan
Markowski
who
emphasizes
the
necessity
for
greater
flexibility
in
both
InterComecon
and
East
West
trading
arrange-
ments.
&dquo;Zones
of
Influence&dquo;
by
Modesto
Seara
Vasquez
and
&dquo;The
Biological
Factor
in
International
Relations&dquo;
by
Ivor
H.
Mills,
both
lay
more
stress
on
the
human
factor
per
se
than
is
usual
today.
The
latter
article
par-
ticularly
gives
us
a
short
but
thought
provoking
analysis
of
the
destructive
pressures
increasingly
evident
in
western
societies,
Charles
Levinson
writes
on
&dquo;Labour
in
the
New
Global
Economy&dquo;
and
asserts
that
we
are
witness-
ing
&dquo;the
evolution
of
a
true
global
economy&dquo;
as
evidenced
by
the
growth
of
the
multinational
corporation.
His
dismissal
of
the
market
place
as
a
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