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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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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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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concerned over the lack of due process in military trials of civilians accused of terrorism in Peru.
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The work on Iraq, the work on the Middle East peace process and on the Asian financial crisis continues with no effect.
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That whole process of bringing the people together has been frozen,
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The secretary is always hopeful but thinks significant gaps remain between the Israeli and Palestinian positions. She will work to overcome those gaps but at this time has no reason to believe we're in a position to bridge those gaps. She is nether optimistic nor pessimistic but believes the process cannot go on indefinitely.
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Clearly, there are grave dangers ahead if the peace process is not put 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.