I'm a problem-solver.

In diplomacy, clear-cut wins and losses are rare.

I do believe that in order to be a successful negotiator that as a diplomat, you have to be able to put yourself into the other person's shoes. Unless you can understand what is motivating them, you are never going to be able to figure out how to solve a particular problem.

Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.

When combined with information and communication technologies, microcredit can unleash new opportunities for the world's poorest entrepreneurs and thereby revitalize the village economies they serve.

the purpose of foreign policy is to persuade others to do what we want or, better yet, to want what we want.

My mind-set is Munich. Most of my generation's is Vietnam.