Word: statecraft
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Progressing from the impersonal panoply of statecraft to an almost hallucinatory intimacy of soulcraft, the libretto depicts Nixon as emotionally repressed and socially awkward but acutely aware of his role in history. Mostly written in couplets, the lyrics may sometimes be elliptical, but they are psychologically observant and very singable...
This comes from centuries of Kings, Popes and Presidents acting out the gap between principles and applied statecraft. Says Guy Sorman of Paris University's Political Studies Institute: "Most Frenchmen believe that political power and foreign policy should be Machiavellian. Today when President Mitterrand is called a Florentine -- meaning a Machiavellian -- it is meant largely as a compliment. What Frenchmen dislike is naivete...
...defeat in his campaign to provide aid for the Nicaraguan contras, and his popularity rating dipped noticeably in the last job-performance polls. With his big legislative battles over the budget and tax reform still in front of him, Reagan had doubtless hoped that an interlude of high-visibility statecraft in Europe would provide a boost to his domestic standing. The Bitburg fiasco did precisely the opposite, causing unwelcome distractions and unnecessary embarrassments. The episode could hardly bring the Reaganaut march to a halt, but it will make the going harder...
Before the Bitburg controversy broke, White House aides saw Ronald Reagan's trip to Europe as a pleasant presidential peregrination filled with photo opportunities. His ten-day itinerary includes both statecraft and diplomatic theater: a state visit to West Germany, the economic summit meeting in Bonn, a royal fete in Spain, a speech before the European Parliament in Strasbourg, high-level meetings in friendly Portugal. Reagan's theme will be "accentuate the positive," and in his remarks and speeches he will emphasize the 40 years of peace, amity and (relative) prosperity since...
...Ambassador has been in Washington for 22 years. His double chin has redoubled, his hair turned white. He has lived through four Soviet chiefs and six U.S. Presidents. Reagan 'planned his barbecue for the capital's diplomats long ago. As so often happens in statecraft, the event was seized as a device through which Reagan might send a message of sincerity to the Kremlin. In a way, Dobrynin is being tested. Does he have any clout in Moscow now? Does he even know who is in charge there...