The decision makers face each other. No safety screen stands between the issues and the highest authorities.

Agreement reached by the negotiators?usually starts to collapse in the hands of those who implement it, no matter how carefully cleared at the top.

Gardening?is one of the most underrated aspects of diplomacy.

Better to use force when you should rather than when you must.

Washington is a resigning town. Nothing else holds the special excitement of a rumored resignation.

The way to keep weeds from overwhelming you is to deal with them constantly and in their early stages.

I grieve for every death.