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22 Washington Q. 1 (1999)

handle is hein.journals/wingtqurl22 and id is 1 raw text is: WINTER 1 9 9 9 0 V 0 L U M E 22 N U M B E R I THE SHINGTON UARTERLY 5 GUEST EDITORIALS 7 A Global Role for NATO? - Karl-Heinz Kamp Some would turn NATO into the world's police force, tackling security threats around the globe. This would dilute the alliance, Kamp warns; it should stay focused on Europe. 13 Japan's Enemy is Japan Masao Yukawa Japan's financial crisis is worse than most people think, Yukawa warns. After a lot of talk, the time has come for bold action to jump-start Japan's economy. 17 Nuclear Free Fall? Joseph Cirincione What we have managed to forget amid Russia's economic collapse, Cirincione observes, are the 20,000-plus nuclear warheads dotting its fracturing landscape. 23 FEATURES 25 Turkey and Israel: A New Balance of Power in the Middle East? Dov Waxman This geopolitical odd couple has become quite intimate of late, Waxman writes, sharing intelligence, taking part in joint military maneuvers, and otherwise broadcasting their deepening strategic embrace. The relationship could transform the Middle East balance of power-and for the better. 33 Israel's Security Dilemmas Jonathan Marcus As for Israel itself, confusions and paradoxes reign. Marcus shows us a country torn between identities-between militarized Zionist state and peaceful economic engine of the region, besieged outcast and self-confident powerhouse, American client and self-sufficient state. Marcus uses the Israeli military as exemplar of these growing tensions.