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February 02, 2010

Three to Watch: Davutoglu, Okada & Amorim

The men behind the foreign policies of three key powers.

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Ahmet Davutoglu: A Thinker in the Halls of Power

By Yigal Schleifer 02 Feb 2010 | World Politics Review

In Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkey now has a foreign minister equally at home in the Ivory Tower and in the halls of power, whose foreign policy thinking is equal parts Machiavelli and Rumi and whose foreign policy implementation frequently blurs the line between idealism and realism.

Katsuya Okada: A Serious Man for Serious Times

By Jason Miks and Takehiko Kambayashi 02 Feb 2010 | World Politics Review

Serious. It's a word you'll hear the Japanese use again and again to describe Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada, and it's one that just as accurately describes the foreign policy challenges Japan faces.

Celso Amorim: Right Man, Right Place, Right Time

By Leticia Pinheiro 02 Feb 2010 | World Politics Review

That Celso Amorim happened to become Brazil's foreign minister in the current international setting, when the country's role is changing as it is, brings to mind the old saying, "The right man, in the right place, at the right time."