Word: statecraft
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...should not hold it against him that hisPh.D. in political science is from Princeton,"Sandel said. "His book Statecraft asSoulcraft, based on the Godkin Lectures hedelivered at Harvard, is a small...
...most diligent outside intelligence analysts. What is reputed about Jong Il -- known as the Dear Leader -- is itself a mass of contradictions: terrorist and warmonger, or would-be economic reformer and peacemaker? A pampered, pouting sorehead indifferent to responsibilities, or a relatively shrewd go-getter who has mastered much statecraft...
Through it all, Shevardnadze has displayed a steely, pig-headed courage. His wan smile, snowy head and immaculately pressed suits, trademarks of the emissary of international statecraft he once was, offer a jarring contrast to the bearded and increasingly desperate commanders who surround him. With only three hours' sleep a night, he speaks in a voice so hushed that aides must strain to hear him; and yet, when he finds it expedient, the Georgian leader summons a fierce eloquence, all the more surprising in his tattered circumstances. "I am addressing you from besieged Sukhumi not knowing if my words will...
Today's Iranian leaders, Western analysts say, are perfectly capable of presenting two faces to the outside world: the responsible, reasoned face that solicits Western loans and investments, and the rigid, ideological face that accepts murder and lies as tools of statecraft. "Iran is in a sense more dangerous today than it was under Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini," says a senior British diplomat. "Then the antagonism to the West was blatant. Now it is more nuanced...
Beyond the statecraft is Clinton's biggest assignment: persuading the American people that their children and their billions should be spent on Bosnia. (Maintaining a fully deployed armored division of 25,000 at peak readiness in Bosnia for one year could cost $5 billion.) It is a long reach to argue that vital U.S. interests are involved, beyond a preference for peace and stability in all parts of the world. With the rationalizations peeled off, the West's concern is prompted by the moral imperative and is essentially humanitarian. That is why France and Britain sent troops to escort...