James Rubin
James Rubin
James Phillip "Jamie" Rubinis an American former diplomat and journalist. He writes a regular column on foreign affairs for the Sunday Times of London. He was Visiting Scholar 2013–14 at the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford. Having served in the State Department during the administration of President Bill Clinton, he became a Sky News television news journalist and commentator. He is married to the CNN correspondent and anchor Christiane Amanpour...
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The procedural hurdle that emerged yesterday has been overcome and we are proceeding apace.
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is a trained diplomat. She's very even-tempered. She's doing what she can to get the peace process back on track.
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People are dressed rather informally. It does appear that there is a better and more constructive and more pragmatic atmosphere to work on these problems than there had been in the past.
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Our focus is on deeds and not so much words and personalities.
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Our understanding is that the Contact Group in New York has agreed to a consensus text of a U.N. Security Council resolution.
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I think the general feeling by all concerned was that they were creating a constructive and pragmatic relationship, atmosphere.
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it is not beneficial for either side to take steps which make holding ... substantive cross-strait dialogue more difficult.
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I think that will make clear for all to see that the Kosovo Albanians have made the courageous decision to choose peace even while their people are being attacked and killed on the ground today.
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The range of views now include a unified consensus that the failures are Iraq's, that the consequences are Iraq's and that the international community believes that Saddam Hussein is failing to comply with his required obligations.
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Humanitarian suffering and destruction could well exceed that of the 1998 offensive.
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He had no indication of anything amiss before he left, as far as I know.
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The purpose of these broadcasts is not to beam anti-government propaganda into Iran. Rather, this new service would provide more detailed, factual reporting on political, social and foreign policy issues affecting Iran.
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Our position is clear. Milosevic must halt the offensive against the Kosovar Albanians, withdraw his forces and embrace a settlement based on the Rambouillet framework.
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People might want to wish away the existence of Serbs. But there are Serbs there. And there have been provocations on both sides in Kosovo.