CASPIAN WATCH #2: THE GREAT GAME IS ON — WILL THE REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS PLAY?
(Washington, D.C.): With eleventh-hour help from President Clinton, the Azerbaijani International Operating Company (AIOC) on 9 October formalized a momentous...
Year: 1995
‘READ OUR LIPS’: CONGRESS MUST SAY NO TO TROOPS IN BOSNIA, NOW
(Washington, D.C.): On 30 October, the U.S. House of Representatives -- by an overwhelming, bipartisan margin -- served notice on...
TO SENATORS ROTH AND NUNN: LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT ARMS CONTROL IS NO PROTECTION AGAINST CHEMICAL WEAPONS
(Washington, D.C.): Today's hearings before the Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Investigations -- on which Senator William Roth (R-DE) and...
GUILTY AS CHARGED: MILOSEVIC IS A WAR CRIMINAL WHO SHOULD BE ARRESTED, NOT FTED IN DAYTON
Precis: Fresh revelations point to the intimate involvement of Serbian dictator Slobodan Milosevic in genocide and other war crimes as...
CASTRO’S ‘HAIL MARY’ PASS: WITHOUT LIFE-SUPPORT — DEBT RELIEF AND HELP ON REACTORS — THE END IS AT HAND
Precis: Fidel Castro evidently hopes to save his regime by staving off financial ruin with the help of the French,...
How to Trade With Cuba
By A. M. ROSENTHAL The New York Times, October 27, 1995 American businesses eager to do business with Cuba are...
The next freshman revolt?
Today the 1995 winner of the coveted "Horatius at the Bridge" award will go head-to-head with the combined forces of...
UNFINISHED BUSINESS WITH ARAFAT: GIULIANI REMEMBERS, CONFERENCE COMMITTEE FORGETS PLO CRIMES AGAINST U.S.
Precis: New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has sent a timely and needed signal to Washington: Yasser Arafat and his fellow...
‘HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JERUSALEM’: CONGRESS AFFIRMS YOU RE THE UNIFIED CAPITAL EXCLUSIVELY OF ISRAEL
(Washington, D.C.): With breathtaking swiftness, the United States Congress yesterday gave overwhelming approval to legislation directing President Clinton to relocate...
Bosnia: Before We Send in Peacemakers
by Richard Perle and Paul WolfowitzThe Washington Post, October 24, 1995 Recent administration talking points on the decision to send...
THERE HE GOES AGAIN: THE ‘IT’S PREMATURE’ SCAM IS DESIGNED TO DEFER VOTE ON BOSNIA UNTIL IT’S TOO LATE
(Washington, D.C.): As the reasons mount for opposing the Clinton Administration's bid to put U.S. troops on the ground in...
FOR A PERSON OF STATURE AT NATO, HIRE THATCHER
(Washington, D.C.): With the resignation today of its Secretary General, Willy Claes, under a cloud of scandal, the Atlantic Alliance...
BLESSED BE THE PEACEMAKERS, FOR THEY SHALL MOVE THE U.S. EMBASSY TO JERUSALEM
(Washington, D.C.): The United States Senate is expected shortly to consider legislation directing President Clinton to relocate the American Embassy...
To Promote Peace, Move the Embassy
By Douglas J. Feith The New York Times, May 29, 1995 Douglas J. Feith was a Middle East specialist on...
MAN OF THE HOUR — ARLEN SPECTER PLEDGES TO BLOCK U.S. AID TO THE PLO OVER ITS ‘SHAMEFUL AGENDA’
(Washington, D.C.): Conferees on the Fiscal Year 1996 Foreign Operations Appropriations bill are expected to meet in the near future...
WHAT’S A RESPONSIBLE REPUBLICAN TO DO? OPPOSE CLINTON’S FOLLY — A U.S. DEPLOYMENT IN BOSNIA
(Washington, D.C.): With President Clinton's foreign policy address last Friday, the starting gun has sounded on an intense new campaign...