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...tentacles are spreading. Alliances are said to be forming in Lebanon between followers of the F.R.C. and members of the pro- Iranian Shi'ite Hizballah. "I spend more time worrying about the fractionalization of terrorism than I do about the disintegration of ((Abu Nidal's)) organization," says a Western diplomat in Cairo. "Smaller groups are harder to find...
...artistic and literary confreres, Havel would have been the first to laugh. But as the most prominent figure in Prague's rapidly coalescing opposition, Havel has rocketed to near cult status. "I am a writer and human rights activist, not a politician," insisted Havel. But as a Western diplomat in Prague put it, "Unlikely but true, he's the Lech Walesa of Prague...
George Bush did not get where he is today by taking chances or questioning conventional wisdom, particularly on the No. 1 life-or-death issue of U.S. foreign policy. As a Congressman, diplomat, Republican Party chairman, Vice President and presidential candidate, he was always the sort of politician who fretted about the consequences of a misstep. For Bush, therefore, slow is better than fast and standing pat is often the safest posture. Once he replaced Ronald Reagan, Bush's instinct was to apply the brakes to the juggernaut of improved U.S.-Soviet relations, to take the turns very cautiously...
...lowest in years, the former President was back in Beijing last week on a "private" visit, attempting to salvage what he could of the relationship he had launched with such drama in 1972. If any outsider had the stature to force the Chinese leaders to conduct what a Western diplomat called a "reality check" on their view of the world, it was Nixon...
...brief governments that succeeded Amin's. Once a firebrand student of economics and politics at Tanzania's University of Dar es Salaam, Museveni was regarded with some trepidation in Western capitals when he emerged from the bush. Now the assessment is almost unanimously positive. Museveni, says a U.S. diplomat in Kampala, has been "a very effective leader. He has subdued tribal rebels in the north, instituted a sort of grass-roots democracy, and even managed to hold a successful national election. Politically, things are as good as they...