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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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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as an absurdity and an obvious effort to divert attention from the atrocities and other outrageous activities being perpetrated by the regime in Kosovo.
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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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This line has served as an effective means of preventing military tension between North and South Korean military forces for 46 years,
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By any rational calculation, Milosevic comes out of this much, much weaker.
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I think the general feeling by all concerned was that they were creating a constructive and pragmatic relationship, atmosphere.
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My client is entitled to a presumption of innocence at this point.
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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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Secretary Albright just got off the phone with Prime Minister Netanyahu and they agreed to meet here in Washington on Wednesday to discuss ways in which we can overcome remaining differences
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For our part, the administration hopes to increase U.S. assistance to the Palestinians significantly over the next five years.
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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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is a trained diplomat. She's very even-tempered. She's doing what she can to get the peace process back on track.
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That effort is failing completely and totally. We don't see a point in negotiations.