Robert Gelbard
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Robert Gelbard
Robert Sidney Gelbardis a diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Boliviaand Indonesia. He is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy, and is a 1964 graduate of Colby College and a 1979 graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School, where he received a Master of Public Administration...
clearly room
The expectations clearly will be that there will be much more room for maneuver on the part not just of the coca farmers, but on the part of trafficking organizations.
confidence cycle dialogue ending government increase initiate initiative instance lower needs restoring turning violence
The government in the first instance ... needs to take the initiative to increase confidence and lower tensions and initiate dialogue as a way of restoring confidence and ending what is turning into a dramatically worrisome cycle of violence and more violence.