Word: brinkmanship
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...agreement Iran hammered out with diplomats from Britain, France and Germany could well be a critical step toward ending the Islamic regime's nuclear brinkmanship. Talks aimed at reaching a permanent understanding are scheduled to start in mid-December. The mullahs have agreed to freeze a variety of activities involving uranium enrichment and plutonium separation, which the West interprets as including the manufacture, import and testing of centrifuges. In return, Iran accepted various sweeteners, such as potential cooperation in economic, security and even nuclear matters that could one day reduce the country's isolation from the West...
...Pyongyang will likely try to gain the upper hand next year with more brinkmanship, analysts say. "North Korea will deliberately provoke a crisis through a military show of force," predicts Dong Yong Seung, a North Korea watcher at the Samsung Economic Research Institute. The six-party talks between North Korea, the U.S., China, South Korea, Japan and Russia will likely resume, allowing all sides to pretend that the crisis is not a crisis. But there is little optimism the talks will produce results...
...entire Commission could backfire, too. Murray believes Parliament would have to prove that the group was so bad it should be thrown out before it's done anything. "I'm not sure they can do that," he says. "Both sides could end up playing a game of brinkmanship that doesn't serve the E.U.'s interests...
...Despite his apocalyptic rhetoric, Sadr has consistently used his defiance of the U.S. and its Iraqi allies as a basis to build his own political support. His latest game of brinkmanship may actually boost his chances of playing a central role in the new political order - not the new order as defined by the U.S. via its appointment of Allawi, but the one that will emerge as U.S. influence begins to recede and Iraqi parties compete for power. Sadr's rejection of direct participation in the national conference, for example, was couched not in complete rejection of the idea...
...Still, because of his brinkmanship, Chen has had a strained relationship with Washington. Bilateral ties hit a low last year, when Chen stunned the White House by declaring at a presidential campaign rally in Taiwan that he intended to use powers afforded him under a new referendum law to hold a popular vote to "protect our country's sovereignty." Many interpreted that to mean Chen was flirting with the idea of a referendum on independence-an action that China has consistently warned will lead to war. The next day, according to one U.S. source, a furious Colin Powell, U.S. Secretary...