Central America, Gorbachev's decision to cut his losses and withdraw from Afghanistan, and his apparent willingness to do deals with imperialism on other regional conflicts" are not so much new developments in Soviet policy, but the global equivalent of new realism', attempting to strike compromises with hard-line capițalist leaders at Already the westem media are speculating freely arto which other struggle will be the next to be sacrificed by Moscow on the altar of reconciliation". Soviet pressure has been brought to bear on Angola's MPLA regime to negotiate a settlement involving the withdrawal of Cuban troops, who have been helping to repe! imperialis-hacked UNITA guerrillas. Mozam- bique already receives more westem than tried to force the exiled African Natimal Con- gress into opening talks with the apartheid Under these conditions, continued Soviet support for Nicaragua is placed in doubt. Mor cow has made plain it has no interest in support: ing guerrilla movements in El Salvador, or radi- caf movements elsewhere in Latin America which might interfere with its new commercial agreements with capitalist governments, in- with Brezhnew, have made it patently clear that they would nor challenge imperialism militari- that while they may support friendly govern- Sovict aid in combatting South African-spon the expense of the struggles of the oppressed. SOCIALIST OUTLOOK no 13 March 1989 cluding Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay Southem Africa or Asia. perestroika are at home. regime in South Africa. David Stewart 5m/th/Insight
confronted with a new condi- This sort of trading between tion from Washingion - the en- ding of Sovict aid to the Kabul government following the Moscow and Washington, over the heads of their respoctive al- lies, in the last analysis can only withdrawal of Soviet troops. FEATURES