Word: interlocutor
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...diplomacy resides in a position of strength, and of visible confidence; he is not easily threatened, and he is very aware of how language structures political issues. When he speaks of controversies, he describes less his own position than that of his interlocutor. He is careful not to characterize dialogues as "debates," or other groups as "opponents...
...mandate to accept the compromises that may be necessary for reaching a settlement. If they make concessions to Israel, there is the possibility they will be labeled traitors to the Palestinian cause; at worst, they risk violence. Beneath the vibrant bougainvilleas that peep over the wall ^ surrounding Palestinian interlocutor Faisal Husseini's Jerusalem home is a warning message branding him a "surrenderist...
...beginning of the Palestinian uprising in the occupied territories, this quintessentially inter-mixed and inter-woven city has become increasingly segregated, with less and less Jewish-Arab interaction. As these eternal inhabitants of this city have become more and more distant, suspicions and hostilities have grown, with no interlocutor to explain misunderstandings, no middle ground in which to find compromises or agreements. Arabs only meet Jews when they are in military uniforms, carrying weapons--ordinary Jews have ceased to meet with their neighbors of a different creed...
Whoever speaks for the Palestinians will find Israel a prickly interlocutor. The target of dozens of unprovoked Scud attacks, the Israelis will be in no mood to compromise and may use Saddam's continued leadership as yet another excuse to avoid negotiations. Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir put it bluntly last week: "There can be no peace in the region so long as Saddam Hussein remains in power." But Shamir has yet to face the fact that, regardless of Saddam's personal fate, the Middle East will never achieve a lasting peace until Israelis and Palestinians are ready to sit down...
...quickly became clear that both Washington and Moscow were fortunate to have Pavlov as the Soviet interlocutor. At the second session on the first day of meetings, the Soviet delegation was joined by Komplektov, the Deputy Foreign Minister. Komplektov was well known to veteran American diplomats as a hard-line old thinker. With Aronson, he lived up to his reputation. At lunch between sessions, Komplektov told bad Russian jokes about affairs with the actress Gina Lollobrigida. Across the table, he rehashed old Soviet positions on Central America and lectured Aronson about the sensibilities of small Latin nations condemned by geography...