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 regard this suggestion as falling far short of what is necessary in order for NATO to stop its air campaign.
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The U.S. will have satisfactory access to the site in order to remove fully our concerns about the nature of the site and the activities of the site.
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A U.S. federal judge went down there and conducted an exhaustive review of the killings, concluding that the guardsmen were not -- I emphasize the word 'not' -- following orders from senior officers,
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The government's failure to provide equal protection to all of its citizens and its refusal to implement court orders have grave implications for the rule of law in Zimbabwe.
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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'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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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).
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There are some extremists, and the U.S. is going to step up its effort to enforce security along the border and enforce security in the U.S. sector. And there may be some problems, but I don't think we should blow this out of proportion.
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would be to develop a coordinated common approach to this grave situation.