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 Russians understand the importance of maintaining a broad-based relationship with the United States. They are going to continue working with us on a wide variety of issues.
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Russia has found itself out of the mainstream.
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No formal charges have been made, but the authorities have advised that he is presently under investigation for violation of Article 276 of the Russian criminal code, which pertains to espionage.
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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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The ball is not in the Palestinian court. The ball is in the court of the Israelis to try to work with the Palestinians and work with us to come to a second 'yes,'
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The feeling is that those meetings have been sufficiently good and constructive that they have ... superseded committee meetings.
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If Libya were to do that, then Libya would be complying, and the families and the United States that have sought justice would be getting the justice that has been denied so long.
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not conclude ... that Dr. Rugova is speaking and acting freely and openly.
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It's hard to be optimistic. We are working as hard as we can.
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It was an illegal abduction of men in a noncombatant status. We insist they be treated humanely, and we hold Belgrade responsible for their safety.
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serious and intensive effort to try to make the key decisions necessary for us to put the peace process back on track.
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the King will help bring home the importance of making tough choices for peace.
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The ministers are in intensive discussions with Milutinovic and with the Kosovar Albanians. If we aren't able to reach an agreement, we will say so and explain why.
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The international community cannot force the Iraqi regime to spend its money on its own people. Only the regime can do that. What we can do is force them to spend all the money they receive from the outside world for permitted imports on their own people.