Word: visioning
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...whose consummate skill as foreign minister - whether dealing with the Gulf crisis or the enlargement of NATO - was playing a poor hand to maximum advantage. Although the current foreign minister, Igor Ivanov, is a firm, erudite and self-assured Primakov prot?g?, he doesn't have his tutor's strategic vision and skill, his experience or his Rolodex. Primakov's presence, both on Putin's European tour and at the funeral of Syrian president Hafez Assad, suggests the president is eager to make use of his erstwhile rival's expertise in order to engage the U.S. in a diplomatic battle...
...septuagenarian Primakov offers a lot more than simply a few wily moves, a Kissingeresque eye for the bigger picture in the "great game" of geopolitics and an enviable respect and gravitas in Western corridors of power. He has a vision - a doctrine, if you like - which holds that despite its current weakness, Russia must use all means at its disposal to expand its sphere of influence, using its wits, strengths and historical relationships to contest U.S. global influence. As foreign minister, Primakov operated within the limits set by an unpopular regime led by an enfeebled president, but Moscow analysts believe...
...waste your best stuff in June, months before voters start paying attention? "Some would say, 'What's taken him so long?'," says Tumulty. The plan: Stick to the positive stuff, the vision stuff, the I-am-Al-Gore stuff until August. Get the voters to feel comfortable with Gore as economic steward. And then hit 'em with the fear and loathing - the "risky scheme" Gore - all fall...
Khatami has plenty of enemies--but also a vibrant, courageous collection of allies. Mohsen Mirdamadi, 44, an M.P. who arrived at the new parliament dressed nattily in a tweed jacket and horn-rimmed glasses, is typical of the breed of intellectuals who share Khatami's vision. In 1979 Mirdamadi was among a handful of students who organized the seizure of the U.S. embassy. But his politics moderated after he spent several years learning the ropes of Western democracy while earning a doctorate at Cambridge University. He is now a top strategist for the Participation Front, the moderate party...
Iran's conservatives are starting to recognize that they need new answers to these old questions. Even old-line radicals like Mohammed Mousavi Khoeiniha, the man who green-lighted the student takeover of the U.S. embassy 21 years ago, are pushing for a new vision of Iranian democracy. During a rare interview over tea and caramels, the cleric explains that "the country must be based on a democratic foundation accepted by the people." To make that happen, Iran's conservatives are loosening up--a bit. Islamic courts are allowing limited coverage of proceedings--most notably in the trial...