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...
deeds focus words
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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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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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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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.
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people in the region would be better off if these kind of activities did not take place.
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Such incidents ... illustrate the need for the two countries to resolve their differences through dialogue,
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That effort is failing completely and totally. We don't see a point in negotiations.
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NATO authorities will have to make a judgment at the end of the week whether there is substantial and serious compliance on the part of President Milosevic,
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The air campaign will continue, and we will continue to make diplomatic efforts with our G-8 colleagues toward a peaceful resolution of this conflict.
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That whole process of bringing the people together has been frozen,
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My client is entitled to a presumption of innocence at this point.
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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.