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Burma's brutal military junta could always count on a sympathetic hearing from Razali Ismail. As the U.N.'s special envoy to Burma, Razali argued that it was possible to engage the ruling generals in dialogue. His softly-softly approach seemed to yield results. A year ago, he brokered the release of democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi after 19 months of house arrest and secured what he thought was a firm commitment from junta boss General Than Shwe to negotiate with her about the country's political future. But last Saturday, Razali was back to square one, struggling once...
Aside from reconstructing the Little League’s baseball diamonds, sending varsity players to coach the youth hockey league, and opening its athletic facilities to local children, Harvard, with McCluskey as envoy, hosts the biggest family skating party in town each December...
Razali Ismail, the United Nations special envoy to Burma, is a devoted practitioner of quiet diplomacy. His subtle prodding was widely credited with persuading Burma's military junta to free, in May last year, the Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest. So it was a surprise when, in late April, the Malaysian diplomat told reporters in Bangkok he was "perplexed and disappointed" with the generals' refusal to grant him a visa for the past six months so that he could try to foster dialogue between the two sides: "I really cannot understand...
...clinging tighter than ever to his nuclear security blanket, convinced that nothing less than the ultimate military equalizer can ensure the survival of his government as he stares down a technologically superior fighting force. That much was made clear to U.S. Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly, the U.S. envoy for the talks. During a break in discussions, while participants were milling around the Chinese government's Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, Li Gun, chief of the North Korean delegation, casually told Kelly that his country isn't just developing nuclear weapons - it already has them...
...Much of the credit for this turn of events belongs to Vajpayee. Last month, he traveled to Kashmir and told a crowd of 20,000: "Your destiny will change." Days later, he dispatched an envoy to the region to open discussions with local political groups, saying for the first time that deliberations could include "outsiders" (i.e., Pakistan). Vajpayee then proposed direct talks with Islamabad to resolve all disputes, including Kashmir. Though his previous negotiations with Pakistani leaders stalled, the 78-year-old Vajpayee wants to be remembered as the man who brought peace to the region. "This will...