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...best diplomats walk a fine line between flattery and the Stockholm syndrome. The more dire the situation, the easier it is to lose perspective, to mistake a shift in body language for a breakthrough, to mistake a breakthrough for a solution. And so it was slightly disconcerting to hear Richard Holbrooke, our very best diplomatic negotiator, deploying words like "extraordinary" and "unprecedented" to describe the recent round of talks with delegations from Afghanistan and Pakistan in Washington, during a White House briefing for columnists just after the talks ended. He was flanked by General David Petraeus, who reinforced Holbrooke...
...Moment" on Mexico by Tim Padgett [April 6]. Hillary Clinton's journey is useless. If she wants to do something she should stay home and try to find out why people try to flee reality with drugs. As long as there is need there will be supply. Anders Hoeglund, STOCKHOLM...
...with Georgia last August. Despite Russia's superior firepower and its bigger army, its ground offensive was not the overwhelming success it should have been. Moscow's military arsenal lacked anything to match Georgia's Israeli-made spy drones, according to Paul Holtom, senior researcher at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Indeed, Russian troops operated with no modern surveillance or night-vision equipment at all, according to Russian Duma hearings last October. Says Vadim Kozyulin, head of the conventional-arms program at the Center for Policy Studies in Moscow: "Our army was modern...
Ilse Crawford works out of her studio in London. Recently, though, she's been a regular visitor to Stockholm, thanks to a string of projects there. She designed two restaurants in the city's Grand Hotel for the chef Mathias Dahlgren. She also collaborated with a local lighting company, Wastberg, on a low-energy lamp that Design Within Reach unveiled in February. Now she's converting an old house in the financial district into a luxury bed-and-breakfast, slated to open next year. This should give her an opportunity to hit some of her favorite spots around town...
...RESTAURANTS Bakfickan A small food bar behind the opera house. Jakobs Torg 12 (08-676-58-00; operakallaren.se) Mathias Dahlgren, Grand Hotel Stockholm Partly because we designed it. Also because Mathias is such an extraordinary cook. Sodra Blasieholmshamnen 6 (08-679-35-84; mathiasdahlgren.com) Den Gyldene Freden One of the oldest restaurants in Stockholm. It's rather severe but great. Oster-langgatan 51 (08-24-97-60; gyldenefreden.se...