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 U.N. Security Council should be prepared to take firm action to bring about Iraqi compliance in the event they don't change their mind in the next day or so.
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This bargain that we struck with North Korea is working. We think that it increases the chances that North Korea's nuclear program will stay frozen, and eventually be dismantled.
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Draskovic's ouster is a sign of complete contempt by President Milosevic for those who speak the truth.
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During the course of the Shepherdstown peace talks this week, we have had intense negotiations on all the key issues.
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During that conversation the prime minister requested that ambassador Dennis Ross return to Israel as soon as possible to discuss how to bridge the remaining gaps needed to start accelerated final status talks in Washington.
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We applaud (Colombia's) strategy as an ambitious, but realistic package of mutually reinforcing policies. The U.S. government will carefully review Colombia's request for international assistance, and, in consultation with the Congress, develop proposals on how the U.S. can best assist (the Colombian government).
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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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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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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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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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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.