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Miklos Vamos

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Miklós Vámos is a Hungarian novelist, screenwriter and talk show host. He is one of the most read and respected writers in his native Hungary. He has taught at Yale University on a Fulbright fellowship, served as The Nation’s East European correspondent, worked as consultant on the Oscar-winning film Mephisto, and presented Hungary’s most-watched cultural television show. Vámos has received numerous awards for his plays, screenplays, novels and short stories, including the Hungarian Merit Award for lifetime achievement. The Book of Fathers is considered his most accomplished novel and has sold 200,000 copies in Hungary. Close.

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Political Relationships Just Marriages of Convenience
Let’s not confuse international political relationships with individual romances. Those who analyze diplomacy in terms of “tussles” and feuds forget that the only important factor in this field is power.

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Wim:

I believe this analysis is wrong. Countries - just like people - exist in a network of relations and it is the art to keep those relations good. Look at Bush: the only thing he got with all his military power is the two swamps of Iraq and Afghanistan. He seems too self-centered to be able to build the human alliances to get out of those swamps. His only impulse is to enter more swamps in Iran, Syria, Pakistan or wherever.

Bush should not focus only on Iraq. He should focus on many countries and try to build positive relationships.

I agree that sentiments have no big place in international relationships. But respect and principles do. The US is forgetting that to its detriment.

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