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...were some rough spots. Agreements on policy did not mean that the leaders got along better with one another than they have at past meetings. Carter is still regarded with suspicion and indeed disdain by some European leaders, who think that he is too much of an amateur in statecraft. But for the most part, allied tensions ebbed in the tranquil setting of la Serenissima...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Seven Allies In One Gondola | 7/7/1980 | See Source »

There may be several good lessons in all this. Having a clearly defined goal is shown again to be the core of successful statecraft. Being consistent is another vital ingredient. Having help from home does wonders too. The news that the U.S. had made more progress in oil conservation than any of the other nations deepened the impact of Carter's words on everyone. There is little question that at last the President moved with some confidence and understanding among the other leaders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Determination and Adroit Maneuvers | 7/7/1980 | See Source »

...Carter's problem. Talleyrand, the 19th century French diplomat, cautioned against "too much zeal." But how to deal with a nation of zealots, who do not play by the rules of law, who do not or cannot keep their promises, who seem more inclined to martyrdom than to statecraft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Finally, Fire in His Eye | 4/21/1980 | See Source »

...year later he was elected a charter member of the Bundestag and served as its Vice President for 20 years before retiring in 1972. Co ordinator of programs under the 1963 Franco-German Reconciliation Agreement from 1969 until his death, Schmid bitterly regretted his late entry into statecraft: "I believed earlier that one should stay away from politics because one could so easily be dirtied. Then the Third Reich arrived, and I asked myself: Who is actually responsible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 24, 1979 | 12/24/1979 | See Source »

Using Khomeini as a cover, extremists of the left are trying to reinforce their position, thereby setting the scene for possible civil war. The Ayatullah Khomeini, old and ailing, does not understand modern statecraft, diplomacy or administration. Jimmy Carter does not know how to deal with him; neither does anybody else. Says a European diplomat: "What can you do when faced with a mad geriatric case?" Yet this remarkable old man, and he alone, seems to possess the power to preserve his volatile country from total anarchy?and to free the rest of the American hostages in Tehran...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran: The Test of Wills | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

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