"Primakov, as an Arabist and the principal architect of the Soviet alliance with Saddam Hussein, is likely to reinvigorate relations with old Soviet allies in the Middle East and Asia, especially Iraq, Syria, and India. Arms sales will be a major instrum ent of this effort. He may also favor the strengthening of relations with Iran, where, despite U.S. pressure, the Russians are going forward with plans to build nuclear reactors and are pursuing an apparently open-ended agreement on the deliveries of military hardware through 1999." "Primakov gained notoriety in the United States when he journeyed to Baghdad as Gorbachev...