The qualities were public persuasion, crisis leadership,economic management, moral leadership and international relations.

VOA: special.2009.02.27

But international relations professor Steven Ekovich, of the American University of Paris, has his doubts whether Chirac will ever face trial.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

American University of Paris International Relations Professor Hall Gardner says generally Europeans like Obama's foreign policy.

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

Masaaki Gabe is an international relations professor at the University of the Ryuku Islands on Okinawa.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

Choi Jong-kun, an international relations professor at Seoul's Yonsei University, thinks the declaration that Pyongyang violated international law is mainly for the consumption of angry South Koreans.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

Former U.S.President Jimmy Carter described the Obama selection as "a bold statement of international support for his vision and commitment to peace and harmony in international relations".

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

Secretary Clinton, speaking following a brief meeting with President Zuma in Durban, said she and South Africa's international relations and cooperation minister have been instructed by the leaders of their two countries, to work at building stronger ties.

VOA: standard.2009.08.08

"Turkey's persistent denial and inability to face, or unwillingness to face up to its history is very disruptive in all kinds of ways - in terms of international relations, in terms of its own internal politics - and it also prevents it from really recognizing how do you deal with minorities."

VOA: standard.2010.03.19

Michael Green,who a specialist in U.S.- Japan relations at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

Eritrea's relations with the international community have deteriorated in recent years amid President Isaias Afwerki's refusal to cooperate in a border dispute with Ethiopia.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

The United States and Iran have not had diplomatic relations since after Iran's but diplomats of the two countries have occasionally met at international gatherings.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

Security Council president condemned acts for the month of September, U.S.Ambassador Susan Rice, read a statement from the council, in which it stressed the importance of respecting international law by preserving the inviolability of the embassy and the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25