Andrei Gromyko

I like to say, to paraphrase Andrei Gromyko, "don't be fooled.

Latest Articles 2008

He won concessions from the Soviet Union by building up the military, not by making pre-emptive offers to placate Andrei Gromyko.

The GOP's Foreign Policy Debate: A Cheat Sheet Bret Stephens 2011

It took time for him to replace old-timers like the diplomat Andrei Gromyko with his own people.

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

Or Andrei Gromyko, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, emphasizing in 1986 the strategic pleasure of their not-so-secret foe, that other great imperial power of the moment: “Concerning the Americans, they are not interested in the settlement of the situation in Afghanistan.

Tom Engelhardt: The Urge to Surge: Washington's 30-Year High Tom Engelhardt 2011

It took time for him to replace old-timers like the diplomat Andrei Gromyko with his own people.

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

American experience with Communist diplomacy was based on contacts with Soviet leaders, principally Andrei Gromyko, who had a tendency to turn diplomacy into a test of bureaucratic will; he was impeccably correct in negotiation but implacable on substance—sometimes, one sensed, straining his self-discipline.

The China Challenge Henry Kissinger 2011

Andrei Gromyko, Soviet foreign minister, was known in the West as "Grim Grom" or "Mr. Nyet."

Russia, Seeking to Modernize, Showers West with Smiles 2010

Gordov spoke in Russian, the only language he knew, and since his guest did not understand it, Gordov's words were translated into German by Foreign Commissar Andrei Gromyko.

DBTL 59: The Chips Stay Up Johnny Pez 2010

Even a prominent government official -- Andrei Gromyko, the veteran Soviet diplomat -- once admitted, in a weak moment: "Governments are never sincere."

Lying About Nuclear Weapons Lawrence Wittner 2010

When I posted the picture of Nehemiah Persoff as Andrei Gromyko back in my thirteen day remembrance of "The Missiles Of October", there was something about the screen capture that reminded me of something, but I couldn't quite place it.

TUGGING THE MEMORY BANKS Toby O'B 2009