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...third of Lebanon not controlled by the Syrians or the Israelis. When the Lebanese President visited the U.S. in December, Administration officials bluntly told him to make peace with his opponents fast, or else wave goodbye to the Marines. "This time it sank in," says a senior U.S. diplomat. "Since then we have kept the blowtorch...
Some Western experts acknowledge that they have contributed to African woes by failing to address the specific problems of individual countries. That too is changing. Says a British diplomat: "Situations vary from country to country and call for the development of Western relations with Africa on a bilateral basis." For its part, the U.S. accounts for 10% to 15% of total bilateral aid to Africa for security, economic development and humanitarian purposes. "We're going to see some difficult times ahead," says Crocker. "We should try to help those who are doing the most to help themselves, to create...
...important, they are causing concern that after two decades of prosperity, the Ivory Coast is lapsing into the kind of decay that has plagued so much of the continent. That worry seems to be exaggerated. "The Ivory Coast is an economic success even by Western standards," says a Western diplomat in Abidjan. "Where else in Africa do you have the man in the street grumbling about his refrigerator and TV not working for a few months? The vast majority of Africans don't even own them...
Many rioters were young hooligans, but a substantial number were members of Tunisia's underclasses, which until now have suffered in silence. Said a senior Western diplomat: "There is a Tunisia that has not benefited from economic development and that was usually hidden from view. Now they have shown that they are a substantial power for the first time...
Zhao's background would hardly seem to have prepared him to solve such problems. He has traveled abroad relatively little and speaks no English. Yet he is at ease with foreigners and has a reputation as a deft, and occasionally witty, diplomat. After he became a member of the Politburo in 1979, he surprised many Chinese, long bored by tight restrictions on dress, by appearing in public in a Western tie and jacket, the first high official to do so since the Cultural Revolution. Like most of China's present leaders, Zhao was brutalized by the Red Guards...