Making the pitch for the Dayton deal; Why troops shouldn’t go
Last night, President Clinton made his case for the "Dayton Deal" - an agreement he claims will end the war...
National Security Policy
‘PEACE FOR OUR TIME’ IN BOSNIA
(Washington, D.C.): Today's announcement that the perpetrators of genocide in Bosnia have reached a "comprehensive peace agreement" with their victims...
WILL ‘CRUSHING THE OPPOSITION’ BE RABIN’S LEGACY? SUPPRESSING DISSENT ON GOLAN FORMULA FOR CRISIS
Precis: The most serious threat to Israeli democracy may prove not to be the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, but the...
THE POLITICIZED C.I.A.: THE REAL PROBLEM HAS BEEN UNDER — NOT OVER — ESTIMATING MOSCOW’S WEAPONRY
Precis: The U.S. intelligence community is under siege. Ironically, to no small extent, the attack is coming from within --...
AS HAITI MELTS DOWN, REASONS MOUNT UP WHY NO U.S. TROOPS SHOULD GO TO BOSNIA ABSENT CONGRESS’ O.K.
Precis: Today, the House of Representatives is expected to act on the Hefley bill -- binding legislation barring the use...
WHERE’S SAM NUNN WHEN WE NEED HIM? MUTATING TREATIES REQUIRE — BUT LACK — SENATE OVERSIGHT
Precis: A troubling pattern has emerged in recent months -- the Russians refuse to honor their arms control obligations and...
‘HELL NO, WE WON’T GO’ TO BOSNIA WITHOUT A VOTE IN CONGRESS
Precis: Much is riding on tomorrow's vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on legislation that would bar the deployment...
‘IMPULSE MEMORIALIZING’: WILL CONGRESS PAY A DUBIOUS TRIBUTE TO YITZHAK RABIN BY WASTING MONEY ON ARAFAT?
(Washington, D.C.): In democracies, the assassination of a president or a prime minister inevitably unleashes powerful sentiments. Sorrow, anger, depression...
IN MEMORIAM YITZHAK RABIN
(Washington, D.C.): In a democracy, the transfer of political power is supposed to occur in a peaceful and orderly fashion...
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...
‘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...
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,...
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...
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...
‘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...