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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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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if there hasn't been a change (in Milosevic's approach) in the next three days, the Contact Group's decision to impose an asset freeze will begin to be implemented.
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If, as a result of Prime Minister Blair's meetings in the region, the leaders are willing to make hard decisions they've been heretofore unwilling to make, that will be a good thing.
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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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It's not over until it's over, and they (U.S. negotiators) are not packing their bags to go to Geneva at this point.
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This phase where we've been actively mediating might well close.
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This bargain that we struck with North Korea is working. We think that it increases the chances that North Korea's nuclear program will stay frozen, and eventually be dismantled.
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The G-8 summit is about personal chemistry, and there are two big problems. The president thinks (German) Chancellor (Gerhard) Schroeder lied to him, and the president thinks that Jacques Chirac screwed him.
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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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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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At the end of that presentation, she was no more convinced than she was before that the endgame has been thought through.
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This is a legal matter between the governments of the United Kingdom, Spain and Chile. The U.S. is not involved.
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Mr. Karadzic has no place to run and no place to hide, ... The noose is gradually tightening around his neck.
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The diplomat in question no longer enjoys the privileges and immunities conferred by the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. He has been expelled from the United States for not voluntarily departing by the appointed time. We do not have any further comments on the case.