Word: diplomatic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...jets, Brazilian Urutu armored personnel carriers, and Soviet T-72 tanks to fight Iran's American F-4 jets, British Chieftain tanks and Italian-built Chinook helicopters. "The Iran-Iraq arms buildup is a classic case of internal pressures and external fears combining to produce a disaster," says a diplomat who has served in both countries...
European allies. One Western European ambassador in Washington described the plan as encapsulating "all that is wrong with American foreign policy" and described as a "caricature" the notion of sending out B-52s to bomb the sands near the Libyan-Egyptian border. Another Western diplomat said flatly: "The means employed by this Administration are completely disproportionate to the intended effect. They nullify it." In Bonn, officials privately called the approach heavy handed, fearing that it would attract attention to U.S. interests in Egypt, fan further Islamic unrest and lend substance to Soviet charges that the Egyptian government is an American...
Foreign Minister Shah Mohammed Dost, 52, is a remarkable study in survival. He has been a career diplomat for 25 years, serving King Zahir until he was deposed in 1973, Mohammed Daoud, who was overthrown and killed in 1978, and then a succession of three Communist leaders, Nur Mohammed Taraki, Amin and now Karmal...
...sudden turnaround by the Chinese? For one thing, Peking badly underestimated the rancor that the cancellations provoked among international businessmen, who accused the People's Republic of everything from waffling to downright deceit. Says one Peking-based diplomat: "The Chinese just did not expect such a sensation, but when they saw the result they decided to try to repair the damage...
Where Mubarak differs from Sadat is in his approach to problem solving: a pragmatist is taking the place of a prophet. Says a Western diplomat who knows both men well: "Sadat was the pioneer and innovator. Mubarak will be the con-solidator." The President-designate has had 6½ years to study his new role, with Sadat as his intimate mentor. Sadat's visitors became accustomed to seeing the stocky, taciturn Mubarak sitting near the President, quietly taking notes. Whenever Sadat had one-on-one meetings, as at Camp David, he later briefed Mubarak minutely. "There was nothing...