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 do not anticipate any changes in our relations. We view this as shuffling deck chairs.
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We view his detention for peacefully exercising fundamental freedoms guaranteed by international human rights instruments as a serious step in the wrong direction.
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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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The range of views now include a unified consensus that the failures are Iraq's, that the consequences are Iraq's and that the international community believes that Saddam Hussein is failing to comply with his required obligations.
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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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it is not beneficial for either side to take steps which make holding ... substantive cross-strait dialogue more difficult.
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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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People are dressed rather informally. It does appear that there is a better and more constructive and more pragmatic atmosphere to work on these problems than there had been in the past.
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We do not consider this problem resolved. On the contrary, we continue to consult with NATO allies about next steps.
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We received assurances at a variety of levels.
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We will react swiftly and firmly to any statements or actions suggesting sympathy with Nazi-era policies, or that express racism, xenophobia or anti-Semitism.
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Our focus is on deeds and not so much words and personalities.
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Our understanding is that the Contact Group in New York has agreed to a consensus text of a U.N. Security Council resolution.