Commentary

THE SUMMIT WAS DISCUSSED ON THE TRAIN. Why was there a stalemate? it was asked. Well that's what hap

Given the deep Russian despair over the lack of concrete results from the Iceland summit, many here

Not only has the Polish government of Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski recently released 225 additional poli

Will the Green Revolution come to the Soviet Union, eventually wiping out grain sales there by the U

History tells us that Prometheus, one of the Titans of Greek mythology, gave man fire against the wi

OCEAN, TRUCKING AND RAIL CARRIERS are beginning to look at shippers in a different way. Before dereg

Compared with London's Big Bang, the changes in the rules governing banking and financial markets in

IT CAME AS NO SURPRISE that the U.S. trade deficit was a chief topic of discussion at the recent Vir

One of the richest and most attractive counties in the country is about to publish an "Interim Growt

If a campaign launched last week by one of the country's leading national newspapers is successful,

Conversations Articles 'A Pleasure to Read'My compliments to Stanford Erickson. His articles

A firm resolve by the recently elected Arias government to preserve the long- standing democratic pr

WARS IN MODERN TIMES, and perhaps in all times, have commenced when negotiations for peace have sou

The major objective of Egyptian foreign policy has been to contribute to international peace and pro

One of the major interests at the annual conference of the National Association of Business Economis

NOW THAT THE COMMERCIAL BANKS seem likely to cough up the $6 billion in new loans Mexico has been as

IT HAD TO HAPPEN. When the Socialist Party of French President Francois Mitterrand failed to hold it

THE U.S. GOVERNMENT concluded a treaty with Iceland that allocates thecarriage of military c

Gudni Bragason is the only person from Iceland I know well. We were graduate students in the

When a Quebec businessman plots out potential markets, the gleam in his eye is pointed south.

In his article "A New Maritime Subsidy Concept, (JofC, Aug. 26), Marc Felice suggests completely aba

TWELVE YEARS AGO, a group of past presidential press secretaries faced a room full of future reporte

GOOD FOR GAO WIJIE, president of the China Ocean Shipping Corp. He told a meeting of Pacific Rim por

The international market represents a significant business opportunity for U.S. microcomputer softwa

There is considerable debate going on regarding the causes of the crisis in general liability insura

The Finnish standard of living is now one of the highest in Europe. Infant mortality is the lowest

For many months, the pressures on Japanese industrial circles have been mounting as the yen continue

VETERAN CORPORATE RAIDER CARL C. ICAHN, who won control last year of Trans World Airlines, is propos

It was early evening and I was walking north on the west side of Broadway in New York City. I had al

ONE OF THE MORE MEDDLESOME antidotes to the "energy crisis" should be dropped. Almost 10 years ago,

The French franc may be headed for its fifth devaluation since 1981. As the German mark cont

THE HAGGLING, SWEET TALKING and arm twisting that went on at the World Bank and International Moneta

The U.S. discount rate was cut and U.K. base lending rates fell by 0.5 points to 9.5 percent before

One American admired by Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone was the late John Wayne. Last year

It's time to think about this year's Christmas shopping and the 1988 U.S. presidential elections.

When Soviet First Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev was here in June for a Warsaw Pact meeting, he told hi

A NUMBER OF PROPELLER CLUB CHAPTERS around the country are considering what role, if any, foreign-fl

Each year the maritime industry honors someone in the maritime business, labor or Congress who has m

COAL SEEMS DESTINED for only a secondary role in the high-level review ordered by President Reagan i

The Interstate Commerce Commission decided on July 24, by a vote of 4-1, to turn down the request f