He has not yet become an elder statesman, though his foreign policy credentials are considerable, but he is certainly our ancient mariner, forever tugging at our sleeve to let him tell his tale of what really happened.

What he called for was 'an ethical dimension to foreign policy'.

Morales is certainly not like Chavez. He is more of an opportunist than Chavez, and I think his credentials are somewhat portable. ... Morales is prepared to play the political game of accommodating himself to what he would call outside realities.

Increasingly, I realized that I could not merely tell his story. Rather, I would have to tell my story about him.

Foreign policy is an explicitly amoral enterprise.

The purpose of foreign policy is not to provide an outlet for our own sentiments of hope or indignation; it is to shape real events in a real world.