Best general magazine article on foreign affairs
AWARD YEAR: 1988
AWARD NAME: Best General Magazine Article on Foreign Affairs 1988
RECIPIENTS: Karsten Prager, Murray J. Gart, Johanna McGeary, Michael Kramer and Ed Magnuson, and reported by Dean Fischer, B. William Mader and Bruce van Voorst
AFFILIATION: TIME magazine
HONORED WORK: “Knowing the Enemy” and “Breakthrough”
The magazine’s interview with Yasir Arafat was almost surely one factor in the opening of a new U.S.-PLO dialogue. It represents a breakthrough itself; life imitates art. The second article was an authoritative and interpretative stage setter for understanding later events. It contained a healthy dose of skepticism about what could be accomplished and provides good insights into the role of non-U.S. government people in making U.S. policy.
Citations:
Strobe Talbott
TIME magazine
“Inside Moves”
William J. Holstein, Robert J. Dowling, Amy Borrus, Steven J. Dryden, Leslie Helm, Elizabeth Ehrlich, John Hoerr, Todd Mason and team
Business Week
“Japan’s Influence in America”