Word: diplomatized
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...measure of the skillful diplomat Kohl, 60, has become that he quickly praised Bush for all his efforts, saying, "Our American friends can rely on it that we are going this way in close cooperation and partnership with them." The German leader has always been the consummate local pol, more at ease hoisting a glass in the local wine cellar than sitting in chandeliered rooms stiffly exchanging diplomatic niceties with foreign leaders. But over the past year, as Kohl realized that he had the historic opportunity to bring his country together again, he rose to the challenge better than many...
...cartel profits remain solid, and Colombia is still the undisputed axis of cocaine trafficking. "It's an extraordinarily exhausting and frustrating fight," says a Western diplomat in Bogota, "and it's nowhere near being over." The stalemate raises questions about the government's inability to defeat the bad guys...
...Colombian police and army corrupt? Some are; most are not. Colombian officials privately acknowledge that the army and, to a lesser degree, the police are infiltrated by the drug gangs. Says a Western diplomat: "There's too much money to be made by being Escobar's friend. And being his enemy is the quickest way I know to get killed...
...Some diplomats felt that other elements in the government had welcomed and perhaps encouraged the asylum seekers' escape bid. "If Alia wants to break with the conservatives, this is his opportunity," said a Western diplomat. "It is tailor-made for a showdown...
...former think-tank director, diplomat and history professor who is often called Gorbachev's alter...