Word: diplomatic
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BEIJING: Chinese officials arrested and ordered the expulsion of U.S. diplomat Bradley Gerdes on charges of spying in restricted military areas. Gerdes was arrested along with Kenji Maetani, his Japanese counterpart, while traveling through the southern town of Suixi. U.S. officials insist the two diplomats were traveling with the permission of the Chinese government. So why the expulsion? Beijing bureau chief Jaime FlorCruz reports that the Chinese may simply be retaliating for the Clinton Administration's decision to grant a transit visa to Taiwanese Vice President Li Yuan-zu: "Such moves pique China, because in Beijing's view...
Holbrooke was, in some ways, an obvious choice. He, after all, had called inaction over Bosnia "the greatest collective failure of the West since the 1930s." Moreover, he had spent three decades, first in the State Department, then on Wall Street, honing his skills as a diplomat and a dealmaker. Still, some found it surprising that he should be picked for this critical assignment. Over the years, he had won a reputation for fierce ambition and abrasive self-promotion. His ego and aggressiveness, it was said, did not suit the delicate job of constructing a Balkan peace settlement...
DIED. EVANGELINE BRUCE, 77, writer, philanthropist and influential grand master of the dinner-party politics of being wife of a diplomat (Foreign Service fixture David Bruce) at home and abroad; in Washington...
...book is cleverly crafted to convey a sense of respect for both sides of the Cold War while hinting at the senselessness of the entire conflict. Written by a true diplomat, the book makes as few judgments as possible but rather gives a comprehensive account of the two unyielding superpowers entangled in a complex web of deception and power...
Though a bit lengthy at a hefty 639 pages, In Confidence is well worth the energy. The perspective of a diplomat, standing at the intersection of the two superpowers at the time of greatest tension between them, is unlike that given in any other book on the subject...