Moreover, diplomacy thrives on back-room deals of the kind that US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov have just struck over Syria’s chemical weapons. In high-stakes negotiations, the last thing the players need is public debate about the cards that each of them holds.
此外，外交往往充满了幕后交易，如美国国务卿克里和俄罗斯外长拉夫罗夫刚刚就叙利亚化学武器达成的协议。在髙赌注谈判中，令谈判方最被动的要数关于每人手里捏着什么牌的争论。让谈话变成坦克的威胁必须是可信的，而如果对手可以轻易地计算选票判断是否能达成必须的立法多数，威胁就无法做到可信。