A warm and charismatic figure, Cardinal Bertone does not have a diplomatic background, and Vatican observers and foreign diplomats accredited to the Holy See increasingly fault him for what they see as a worldview that revolves disproportionately around Italy.
Rice plans to draw on her diplomatic background.
Since the EU presidency was closing, Türk's diplomatic background was put forward.
Kelly wanted people with military, intelligence, and diplomatic backgrounds, with deep knowledge of international terrorist organizations — people like Cohen and Sheehan.
Ray Kelly, the Commissioner, has gone way outside of the traditional police-recruitment channels, looking for people with military, intelligence, and diplomatic backgrounds, people with deep knowledge of international terrorist organizations.
To understand why the war took place, Tom Segev argues, it is not enough to know the diplomatic and military background: it also needs deep knowledge of the Israelis themselves.
Little, Brown; £25A riveting narrative, based on letters, diaries and interviews, as well as Israel's rich official archives, that analyses the diplomatic and military background to the six-day war and offers a shrewd insight into the nation's psyche._______________________________________________Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval EmpireBy Judith Herrin.
Princess Rym is a shy modern royal with a common touch, despite her diplomatic pedigree, cosmopolitan background and the obvious trappings of security, protocol and obligations.
He lies about his background, his diplomatic career, his financial situation and the languages he speaks.
Beyond mere star power, Mrs. Clinton's backers say that her unorthodox background masks diplomatic skills that many of her predecessors in the job did not have.
And Mrs. Clinton's backers say that her background masks diplomatic skills that many who preceded her in the job did not have.
