1. The act of a senior U.S. or allied official closely monitoring or engaging with controversial politicians, including war criminals, to ensure compliance with, or prevent obstruction of, a diplomatic agreement or policy initiative.
2. By extension, any instance of high-level political supervision intended to restrain or guide rogue states' actions in alignment with external and/or humanitarian interests.
Vance’s presence in the region is meant, at least in part, to ensure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains committed to the US-negotiated deal which one US official characterized it as “Bibisitting.” (CNN)
The nice friend who gets stuck with the shitty job of making sure your overly-intoxicated friend makes it home without puking all over the place or harming his or herself. Often you have to hold their hair while they barf in the bathroom.
Tom:"Who's going to do the babysitting for Brooke; she's drunk out of her mind."