Word: problems
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...Another problem is that diplomatic outposts cannot be turned into minimilitary bases. Many U.S. officials contend that the Tehran crisis was unavoidable, once the Iranian police allowed it to happen, because no reasonable number of Marines could have stopped it. Said one U.S. security official: "If you cannot rely on the host government for protection, you will have to post a Marine division around every embassy." Consequently, the prevailing response to embassy terrorism is the "barricade" approach...
...problem that bothers American career diplomats is what they call "back channeling"?that is, top officials circumventing ambassadors in ways that undercut their relationship with the capitals to which they have been appointed. A classic case in point: key negotiations with the U.S.S.R. in the Nixon, Ford and Carter Administrations have usually been carried out by Secretaries of State directly with longtime Soviet Ambassador Anatoli Dobrynin. Former Ambassador to Moscow Malcolm Toon, a career diplomat for 33 years, thinks this exclusive use of the "Washington channel" is all wrong. Says Toon: "As I told Vance a couple of times...
...embassies to Washington. "We used to avoid home assignments like the plague," says a diplomat at the U.S. embassy in Paris. "It was expensive, and the jobs were less interesting. Now it's the other way around." An officer based in Belgrade agrees: "Ten years ago, the problem was: How do you get 'em back to Washington? Now it's reversed: How do you get 'em back overseas...
...consolidated itself on the basis of an independence it was granted [by Britain] in 1910. What is required now is not to question the right of independence of South Africa, but the system that is responsible for the oppression going on down there. South Africa is not a colonial problem like ours...
...behavior." His argument: candor and self-assertiveness are valuable tools, but they are not automatically useful in getting along with difficult colleagues. Says he: "People should do something different from what comes naturally. Being candid is always worth trying once, but it won't always solve the problem." Bramson also has a surefire cure for office problems, but it may not be practical for too many employees. "The best way to cope with difficult people," he says, "is to get as far away from them...