Word: statesmen
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...Putin may be "Tsar of the New Russia," as you called him, he is most definitely its new prince as described by Machiavelli back in the 16th century. Putin has followed Machiavelli's playbook for managing and retaining power with a deftness and an intelligence rarely seen in modern statesmen. You have it right; his Russia will be a major element of the 21st century. Nels Pearson, Redondo Beach, Calif...
...merit, given that a majority of Israelis and Arabs desire peace and thus opponents could be scorned for prolonging misery and hopelessness. The problem is that Olmert and Abbas are politically very weak, thanks to past failures in peace and war, and will find it difficult to behave like statesmen in the event of new violence...
...maintained sanctions against Burma for years, plans to institute further restrictions on members of the military junta and their families, including travel bans to the States. As the United Nations General Assembly unfolds in New York this week, Burma is sure to be a topic of discussion among senior statesmen. Among their concerns is the continuing detention of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been under house arrest for much of the past 18 years...
...China-bashing leader who called for Japan to rely on American military protection so it could focus on developing an export-led economy. Fast-forward half a century and Aso, a former Foreign Minister, staunchly supports the U.S.-Japan security alliance, while antagonizing China by defending visits of Japanese statesmen to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, where war criminals are memorialized. Meanwhile, Fukuda's father was an LDP stalwart who while PM promoted diplomatic relations with Asia through "heart-to-heart" dialogue. And guess what? That's what Fukuda, a former Chief Cabinet Secretary, peddles himself as today: a consensus-driven...
...From the first generation of statesmen, Guha moves on to the next, more ambiguous lot, led by Nehru's daughter Indira Gandhi. Militarily astute, she led India to a thumping victory over archrival Pakistan in a 1971 war. But she also weakened the state by appointing sycophants to high positions, and by displaying an authoritarian streak that culminated in 1975, when democracy was suspended and a state of emergency declared. The ensuing period of authoritarian rule, and resistance to it, led by figures like Narayan, is the crux of Guha's book. In 1977 new elections were called, Gandhi...