Külpolitika - A Magyar Külügyi Intézet elméleti-politikai folyóirata - 1981 (8. évfolyam)

1981 / 2. szám - Inotai András: Adalékok a fejlődő országok gazdasági fejlődéséhez és világgazdasági jelentőségéhez

and the desire to increase their influence by joint action. In the sixties and seventies the acceptance of peaceful coexistence, the fight against colonialism and neo-colonialism, support for national liberation movements and the struggle for complete economic independence were characteristic.Present trends can be explained by developments within the movement, the deterioration in the international atmosphere, and the increased importance of the geographical areas in which the developing countries are situated. The resulting polarization raises major obstacles in the way of active and united action by the movement. Ever present anti-imperialism will, however, always guarantee the possibility of cooperation with the socialist countries.

Ferenc Somogyi:

Socialist orientated progress in Black Africa

Newly independent countries in Black Africa have to chose the direction of development under peculiar conditions since backward and distorted economies have not yet led to the growth of modern social classes. Will they commit themselves to the further capitalist development of post-colonial conditions that arose out of the given primitive, pre-capitalist and early capitalist elements, or will they chose the non-capitalist reconstruction of production and social relations, giving the capitalist stage a wide berth.

In examining the non-capitalist way the author points to the changes in the world balance of power and the role of the socialist system, as well as to the role of the economic base and the political superstructure when chosing the road of development.

A number of stages must be differentiated along the non-capitalist track, the most radical, final one is socialist orientation. The dialectics of the process are examined on the basis of aspects of the history of Black African countries that can be generalised, and due importance is accorded to the achievements and prospects of the countries that have chosen a socialist orientation.

György Makai:

The developing countries and the Near Eastern question

The Near East is one of the most touchy areas of the world. Tension has been part of daily life for a good many years and the prospects of a lasting arrangement are still slight. The present article studies the antecedents, developments, the springs of action and the balance of power in an entirely novel way. Surveying as it has taken shape it

discusses the role of the imperialist powers in maintaining tension, basing the argument on a wealth of data, as well as the part played by the Near East in developments in the Third World.

Sándor Győri:

Political power relations in the South East Asia of the early 1980s

The Pacific area is dynamically changing and developing. Its growing importance exercises a major influence on the international situation in SE Asia. The article looks at the three countries of Indo-China, Vietnam, Laos and Kampuchea, as well as at the ASEAN countries, paying special attention to the progressive turn of events in Kampuchea and the overthrowing of the Pol Pot regime. Regional political and economic relations in the 1980s are connected with relations between the Great Powers with interests in the area, including the Soviet Union and the US, China, extending hegemonist tentacles in the direction of SE Asia, and Japan, a country with extended economic interests.

János Király:

The Latin American national liberation struggle

In Latin America the position of the liberation movement and of revolutionary forces offers a contradictory picture indeed. They are on the offensive in Central America and on the defensive in South America, the centre of gravity of the anti-imperialist struggle has shifted to Central America and the Carribian. The victory of the Sandinist national revolution in Nicaragua was one of the major developments of the ’seventies.

András Inotai:

Addenda to the economic growth and world economic importance of the developing countries

The article throws light on the world economic role of the developing countries, permitting a comparison between their political aspirations and economic strength. It points to rearrangements within the developing world due to the world economic processes of the ’seventies. The primary purpose of the piece is to offer detailed figures by way of illustration of the above process. Twenty-six statistical tables present additional information on the main trends of development, external economic relations, terms of trade, the trade and payments balance, not neglecting future prospects.

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