Word: statecraft
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...returning home, the president will make two quick stops in Vilnius Lithuania and then Bucharest, Romania. Visiting three cities in roughly 30 hours is hard travel for a president who likes his personal comforts. But quick stops have the benefit of leaving little time for the ceremonial duties of statecraft. His Prague agenda included sitting through 45 minutes of ballet by the National Dutch Theater, a cultural duty that didn't exactly thrill the president. "He'd rather dance with Gerhard Schroeder," quips one administration aide...
...urgency of replacing Saddam’s regime comes from his pursuit of weapons of mass destruction,” Kristol said. “His past use of terrorism as an instrument of statecraft and threats to revitalize his nuclear program makes a quick and decisive attack necessary...
...essay asserts that moral rectitude ought to play second fiddle in the conduct of statecraft. To treat the people of other nations as pawns in a geopolitical chess game is a damnable proposition. The U.S. enjoys unprecedented dominance in the economic and military spheres. We have witnessed a continual increase in the number of the world's democratic states. It is unconscionable to fritter away our moral capital by entering into Faustian bargains with thugs. Those pacts have yielded appalling results for Americans and the rest of the people of the world. VIJAY DANDAPANI New York City...
Borer's groundbreaking approach to statecraft was not an unqualified success - he was recalled to Bern when a Swiss paper published details of an alleged affair with a topless model. Though he denied the story from the beginning and has since received a sizable out-of-court settlement from the tabloid, which admitted fabricating the story, he quit government and remains bitter over his treatment. "I will never go back under this minister," he says when asked if he would ever return to the diplomatic corps. "But fortunately ministers change...
...American farmers? The U.S. is also No. 1 in trade; it could not possibly flourish if barriers go up in retaliation, especially in agriculture where the U.S. is one of the most efficient producers. Nor is "don't call us, we'll call you" the essence of intelligent statecraft. How do you combat global terrorism or inflict embargoes on Iraq unless all the major players join you? In its glory days, U.S. diplomacy was a lot smarter. It took care of its own by taking care of others. It built international institutions - NATO, the World Bank, the World Trade Organization...