BEYOND YELTSIN,BORIS

By casting its lot wholly with Boris Yeltsin, the Clinton administrati on has missed what should be the larger aim of U.S. policy toward Russ ia-security for the West. The former Soviet nuclear arsenal still loom s as a threat, and Russia's conventional weapon trickle out to America 's global adversaries. The United States needs to state and pursue cle ar security goals, regardless of who prevails in Russia's politics.