{"id":11822,"date":"2014-01-20T06:00:27","date_gmt":"2014-01-19T19:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=11822"},"modified":"2024-01-09T12:09:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T01:09:19","slug":"the-2013-madeleine-award-part-i-abbotts-oops-moment-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/the-2013-madeleine-award-part-i-abbotts-oops-moment-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2013 Madeleine Award: Abbott’s ‘oops moment’ and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Roll out the red carpet and chill the champagne! A truly minor annual moment has arrived: the Madeleine Award<\/a> for the use of symbol, stunt, prop, gesture or jest in international affairs. This\u2019ll be the fifth judging ceremony for this prize, named after Madeleine Albright in honour of her penchant for sending diplomatic messages via the brooches on her lapel.<\/p>\n

The former US Secretary of State and Ambassador to the UN wore a golden brooch of a coiled snake to talk to the Iraqis, crabs and turtle brooches to symbolise the slow pace of Middle East talks, a huge wasp to needle Yasser Arafat, and a sun pin to support South Korea\u2019s sunshine policy. Her favourite mistake was wearing a monkey brooch<\/a> to a meeting with Vladimir Putin that caused the then Russian President to go ape.<\/p>\n

To show what\u2019s at stake with this little-sort award, here\u2019s the honour roll of previous winners:<\/p>\n