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...Boston Serbs have not failed to comprehend this lesson. Month after month of "final deadline" came and went, culminating in nothing more than an aptly-named "pinprick bombing". General Cedras, the Haitian strongman, also knows that there's no reason to quake before the Clintonic ultimatum...
...Croats' willingness to bargain reflects a crucial change of tactics by Franjo Tudjman, Croatia's strongman, a consummate opportunist who has previously shifted his allegiances from the Bosnians to the Serbs and back again as he maneuvers to preserve and acquire a greater Croation state. His continued meddling in Bosnia has prompted threats of sanctions from the U.S. Security Council. Worried by Moscow's embrace of the Serbs, "there is real fear they will be ostracized by the world community," said a well-placed foreign observer. As a more positive incentive, "we are offering Croatia the world if they will...
Washington -- Retired U.S. Admiral JONATHAN HOWE, the United Nations' special representative in Somalia, has been quietly pulled out of that country by U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali. Howe headed last year's hapless effort to catch Somali strongman Mohammed Farrah Aidid, and even offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to his capture. At the time, Boutros- Ghali vigorously condemned Aidid and called for him to be brought to justice. Nonetheless, U.N. sources say, since Aidid is now considered a key part of peace negotiations, Boutros-Ghali has decided that Howe's continued presence in Somalia would only...
...highly successful lawyer, but it works less well in the Hobbesian jungle where U.S. foreign policy faces considerable challenges. Which ruthless leaders are actually sorry about mistaking Christopher's courtly bearing for lack of resolve? Not Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, whose forces are bombarding Sarajevo; not Haitian strongman Raoul Cedras, whose thugs are thumbing their nose at the U.S.; not General Mohammed Farrah Aidid, the clan boss ravaging Mogadishu...
...neither Cedras nor Francois, who is judged by many to be the real strongman, has budged. Now the U.S. must decide how far it is willing to go to see Aristide back in power. If the U.S. has interests there, they are not ones that Americans can easily grasp. There may be a moral desire to implant democracy in Haiti, though its bloody history and repressive regimes seem inimical to that form of government. Wanting to help without getting stuck, the Clinton Administration has relied on diplomacy -- but its impact is weak without a credible threat of force...