politics.

INTERNATIONAL relations, 1995-2005; DIPLOMACY; BRITISH foreign relations, 1997-2010; FOREIGN relations of the United States, 2001-2009; INTERNATIONAL cooperation; INTERNATIONALISM; INTERNATIONAL relations; INTERNATIONAL alliances; DIPLOMATIC negotiations in international disputes; BLAIR, Tony, 1953-; BUSH, George W. (George Walker), 1946-; LEGAL sanctions; QADDAFI, Muammar, 1942-2011; LIBYAN foreign relations, 1969-2011

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Contends that diplomacy, compromise and moral relativism are back in fashion. Belief that the so-called new world order proclaimed after 9/11, including the pre-emptive security doctrine of U.S. President George W. Bush, is fading away; Why the U.S. and British governments have been forced to use more traditional methods of engaging with such countries as Libya and Iran; British Prime Minister Tony Blair's approach in dealing with difficult Middle Eastern states prior to the Iraq War; Blair's support for lifting the European Union's ban on arms sales to Libya; Blair's plan to visit Colonel Muammar Gaddafi of Libya.