Postscript
In the Obama administration, special envoys are likely to play a central role in U.S. foreign policy. But the president should remember that envoys are not the creators of policy, but rather its instruments.
Comment
Mar/Apr
2005
In its first term, the Bush administration all but ignored a powerful diplomatic tool that had served Washington well in the past: the special envoy. With the State Department now under new management, it should start dispatching emissaries again.
