WASHINGTON, DC: America's opening to China by Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger in 1971-1972 was a historic breakthrough. Less famous, but of equal importance, was the next major step, taken by Jimmy Carter exactly 30 years ago, establishing full (...)
SARAJEVO: Thirteen years ago, American leadership brought an end to Bosnia s three-and-a-half-year war through the Dayton peace agreement. Today that country is now in real danger of collapse. As in 1995, resolve and transatlantic unity are needed (...)
Widely tipped as a possible secretary of state in a future Democratic administration, former US ambassador Richard Holbrooke has given an indication of his thinking in a recently published article
Former US ambassador and Assistant Secretary of (...)
NEW YORK: The winner of America's presidential election will inherit a perfect storm of problems, both economic and international. He will face the most difficult opening-day agenda of any president since - and I say this in all seriousness - the (...)
NEW YORK: Here's a concept you've probably never heard of: "viral sovereignty. This dangerous idea comes to us courtesy of Indonesia's Minister of Health Siti Fadilah Supari, who asserts that deadly viruses are the sovereign property of individual (...)
TBILISI: Given the tremendous damage that Russia has inflicted on Georgia, it is easy to conclude that the Kremlin has achieved its objectives.
But, so far, Russia has failed in its real goal - getting rid of Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgia's (...)
Standing with Slobodan Milosevic 13 years ago on the veranda of a government hunting lodge outside Belgrade, I saw two men in the distance. They left their twin Mercedes and, in fading light, started toward us. I felt a jolt go through my body; they (...)
In weeks and years past, each of us has argued that Russia was pursuing a policy of regime change toward Georgia and its pro-Western, democratically elected president, Mikheil Saakashvili. We predicted that, absent strong and unified Western (...)