| All Talk and No Strategy: The Limits of Diplomacy
Rubin, Michael
Weekly Standard, July 24, 2006, online edition
“As Israeli warplanes pounded Lebanon last week, European leaders called for diplomacy. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan dispatched a three-member team to the region to urge all parties to exercise restraint. Even President George W. Bush said, "To help calm the situation, we've got diplomats in the region." Officials ritually promote diplomacy and dialogue, but absent an overarching strategy, these are no panacea. Indeed, diplomacy for diplomacy's sake can sometimes make matters worse. Rubin elaborates.”Michael Rubin is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and the editor of the " Middle East Quarterly”.
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