Don-ald S. Zagoria, in Foreign Affairs (Spring 1983), PO. Box 2515, ~oulder,~01;. 8032 1.
The slowly ripening detente between Moscow and Beijing, a source of some anxiety in Washington, does not pose a serious threat to the West.
The two Communist powers have been at odds over ideological and security issues since the late 1950s, when China insisted on building its own nuclear weapons. Even as they move toward detente, writes Zago- ria, a Hunter College political scientist, mutual fears will keep...