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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In order to move forward to military action, it needs to be clear that Serbs are to blame
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Iraq has not changed its stripes ... can find no grounds for optimism.
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Clearly, there are grave dangers ahead if the peace process is not put back on track.
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Clearly, we would not be in a position to carry on business as usual with Pakistani authorities consistent with our laws,
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Clearly, both sides have a lot of work to do if we're going to get the peace process back on track.
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In the absence of direct, face-to-face discussions between the two sides it isn't going to be possible to resolve this problem.
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By any rational calculation, Milosevic comes out of this much, much weaker.
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if there hasn't been a change (in Milosevic's approach) in the next three days, the Contact Group's decision to impose an asset freeze will begin to be implemented.
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We're trying to galvanize European nations to take as many refugees as possible.
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We're not promising to bring it about. What we're saying is we're going to intensify our work. Right now, we're focused on providing political support for the opposition. And Congress has given us the authority and funding to arm the opposition.
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We're not moving ahead at the pace that one would expect if we're going to get everything done.
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This tribunal was voted on by Russia and by all the members of the (U.N.) Security Council, ... It's a United Nations tribunal. It's not an American tribunal. It's not a NATO tribunal. And the Yugoslav authorities know that.
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We view his detention for peacefully exercising fundamental freedoms guaranteed by international human rights instruments as a serious step in the wrong direction.
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We don't need any more principles now. We need to get down to brass tacks and get an agreement.