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 have been in touch with senior levels of the Italian government to express our view that Ocalan must not go free, and we are concurrently consulting with the Germans, the Italians and the Turkish authorities regarding these reported developments,
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We have been in touch with both sides, and it is our view they should continue to stay engaged to see if they can make progress.
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We have been deeply outraged by both the massacres at Racak and by Belgrade's confrontational and destructive response to the justifiable international anger,
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We urge North Korea to recognize this practicality and to avoid exacerbating the situation by keeping its craft north of the line.
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we have credible evidence, or we wouldn't be in this situation of demanding this kind of direct discussion on this subject.
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We are obviously engaged in a serious discussion with (Pakistanis) about their security in the aftermath of this decision by India to test, and how our relationship with them could be enhanced.
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We are not saying that these individuals are, to our knowledge, directly responsible for war crimes,
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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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We have urged the government of Peru, ... to try Lori Berenson in a civilian court with full due process so that her guilt or innocence can be proven.
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We have urged both sides to exercise restraint and to avoid inflammatory actions that would heighten tensions and fuel a missile arms race. Missile tests would not be helpful to efforts to reduce tensions and build confidence through dialogue in South Asia.
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We have tried hard to maintain a working relationship with Belarus. The (Belarus) government has made that task even more difficult by this unnecessary, foolish and illegal provocation.
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We believe the Mexican military is vigorously investigating, prosecuting and punishing corruption.
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What we have said is that our goal is to complete the work, if possible, by Sunday. And we don't want to speculate what would happen after Sunday.
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We dismissed those ridiculous numbers out of hand, ... We are not going to pay compensation to confirm that they are living up to their obligations under this important nuclear agreement.