1.   Kim Il Sung also found the dialogue with the South to be beneficial, especially in breaking out of his diplomatic isolation.

2.   Diplomatic isolation could lead to economic disaster.

3.   Economic sanctions, the cultural and sporting boycotts, and diplomatic isolation must be maintained and intensified.

4.   But for Bashar Assad to be successful in bringing Syria out of its economic troubles and diplomatic isolation, he may have to challenge this very elite.

5.   But if the Bosnian Serbs find themselves simultaneously facing military pressure and diplomatic isolation, they might reconsider their rejection of the peace plan.

6.   Cuba watchers say a number of factors have changed the perception of Cuba and the United States policy of diplomatic isolation and economic boycott.

7.   European governments dismissed the resignation as a tactical maneuver and said they would continue their diplomatic isolation of Austria.

8.   Foreign governments and international aid organizations were obliged to deal with Mobutu, ending a period of diplomatic isolation.

9.   Guatemala is one of several dozen smaller countries befriended by Taiwan, sometimes using economic assistance, to offset the diplomatic isolation imposed by China.