he conclusion that no talks had started because each side was waiting for the other to go first. Mr. Gates has finally broken through the "After you, Alphonse" syndrome, but his intervention may be too little, too late. Mr. Boot is a senior fellow in national security studies at the Council on Foreign Rela

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