Three to Watch: Davutoglu, Okada, Amorim

Yigal Schleifer, Jason Miks and Takehiko Kambayashi, Leticia Pinheiro | World Politics Review | 2010-02-03

Behind every government's foreign policy agenda is a foreign minister. The foreign ministers of Turkey, Japan and Brazil reveal the ways in which national policy can be shaped by the vision and diplomatic style of a single personality. WPR looks at three to watch on the world stage: Davotuglu, Okada and Amorim.

Ahmet Davutoglu: A Thinker in the Halls of Power
By Yigal Schleifer

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

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

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."

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