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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If the Freedom Party becomes part of the government, we call upon the party to continue the tradition of Austrian support for human rights and equal rights for minorities,
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he will be able to reconstitute his weapons of mass destruction in a matter of months, not years.
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He had no indication of anything amiss before he left, as far as I know.
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I can't say we are arriving in Syria optimistic that we will get the answers that are necessary.
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Frankly, we want to talk with Chairman Arafat about that schedule and what is possible, and thus take stock for us in trying to assess how realistic it is to make that schedule that's been laid out.
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to accept the Rambouillet accords, including both their political and civilian, and military implementation elements.
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We cannot rule out anybody until this investigation continues.
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With respect to the security work plan we believe that the Palestinians have met their responsibilities. There are other issues that we're aware of that we're working on.
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We certainly see no reason why diplomats and journalists who have complied with the court-stated procedures for entering the courtroom should be arbitrarily prevented from doing so.
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We conveyed our strong views to officials in the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs today in Beijing and urged the authorities to release Xu immediately.
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We are urging them to exercise caution, number one. And number two, that they limit unnecessary movement outside of their residences,
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We think it's appropriate to have ambassadors (there) to try to work with the governments involved, so that the decisions they take in the coming days and weeks will turn around the troublesome, dangerous trend that we've seen in recent weeks.
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We're talking about many, many hundreds of pieces of equipment over the limits in the armor-combat-vehicle category.
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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.