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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We're into a phase of very hard bargaining. A lot of the underbrush has been cleared away. Some obstacles have been overcome, but significant gaps remain.
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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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We have made clear that we believe that we already have the authority for a military strike, should such an option be chosen.
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Court opinions, in our view, are not going to change our policy ... and we have made clear that we are intrigued and encouraged, not only by the election of President Khatami, but by the statements that he has made in public.
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As far as we're concerned, there still are very significant and difficult roadblocks to restarting the peace process. Hopefully we'll be able to clear away some of those roadblocks in Secretary Albright's meetings in London.
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She will make clear the stakes involved in this crisis, the threat posed, the diplomatic efforts we've sought to resolve this without the use of force, and the reasons why the use of force may be necessary.
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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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whether they want a peace agreement rather than a catastrophe.
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We regard this suggestion as falling far short of what is necessary in order for NATO to stop its air campaign.
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We have no reason to think this is any way related to Deputy Secretary Talbott's visit.
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We have no illusions about China's desire to acquire sensitive information and technology for military uses by many different means. It is absolutely not true that we downplayed any evidence of this. We took the issue seriously, as our actions demonstrate.
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We have no illusions about China an d will continue to operate with the expectation that China, like many other countries, will seek to acquire sensitive information and technology for military uses.
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The permanent status talks haven't begun. They're scheduled to end in a year. These are excruciating issues that are going to take a long time to negotiate. That is why I characterize the peace process in dire straits.
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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).