Word: diplomatized
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...forestall U.N. economic sanctions that loomed if it became the first member to quit the treaty. But most observers are pessimistic that Kim will really cave in to political or economic pressure. "We're not dealing with rational people but with an unreconstructedly Stalinist regime," says a top British diplomat. "They don't believe in compromise but in maximum advantage...
...foreign policy looks "passive and unbelievably amateurish" to nervous allies in Europe, says a senior U.S. diplomat. That is downright scary to leaders of client countries like Egypt and Saudi Arabia, which must be able to count on Washington in a tight spot -- and an opening for those, like Saddam Hussein, who would love to make Clinton's life harder. Last week the appearance of disarray only heightened when Christopher had to disavow lunchtime remarks made to reporters by Under Secretary Peter Tarnoff, the State Department's chief operating officer. Tarnoff's principal sin appeared to be telling unpalatable truths...
...strategy is not working. On his European trip to sell a tougher Bosnia policy, "Christopher's delivery was monotone, almost machine-like, leaving the impression that he had no views one way or the other," says a senior British diplomat. "He appears to be a conveyor of information, not a decision maker," an opinion echoed by U.S. legislators about his Capitol Hill performances. A subordinate likens Christopher's role on the top-level principals committee, which has met frequently to set policy on Bosnia, to that of a "good fielder, lousy hitter" -- sound but uninspired. Richard Haass, a National Security...
...doesn't continue her work as a pioneer." She will be consigned to attending cultural events, tending to charity work and composing poems, an exacting task expected of all imperials. But, says Yukiko Kishimoto, the author of several books on women, "she is already a star and a diplomat, and she made up her own mind, which shows great independence...
Clothes may not be the way to understand Owada, but everyone is looking for clues. "There are several key words here -- Harvard, University of Tokyo, diplomat," says investigative journalist Naoki Inose. "The family thought Masako would be marketable." Others have taken her achievements further and declared her to be Japan's version of Hillary Clinton, but that is a big stretch. Masako knows her worth just as securely, but she is too reserved to have either Hillary's very American assumptions or her bumptiousness...