‘LE MOMENT ZHIRINOVSKY’: THE WEST CAN NO LONGER AFFORD ILLUSIONS OF AN ACCOMMODATING RUSSIA
(Washington, D.C.): The outcome of last weekend's elections in Russia should make one thing perfectly clear to the Clinton Administration:...
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HERE WE GO AGAIN: AFTER IRAQI DEBACLE, WILL SYRIA BE LET OFF THE STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM LIST?
(Washington, D.C.): Articles in today's New York Times and Washington Post report that Secretary of State Warren Christopher is prepared...
YALTA II: WESTERN MOSCOW-CENTRISM INVITES NEW INSTABILITY IN FORMER SOVIET EMPIRE
(Washington, D.C.): The just-completed NATO ministerial meetings in Brussels provide the latest evidence of the dangerous course being charted for...
Accept No Substitutes: The Senate Must Determine The Truth About The Halperin-Agee Relationship
At today's hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee on President Clinton's nomination of Morton Halperin to become the Assistant...
There Tim Weiner Goes Again: More New York Times’ Partisan Advocacy Masquerading As ‘News’
In recent days, leading national newspapers have published a number of spirited defenses of Morton Halperin, President Clinton's controversial nominee...
Center’s Gaffney Joins Krauthammer In Urging Clinton to Apply The Stick — Not More Carrots — To North Korea
In a brilliant column in today's Washington Post, Charles Krauthammer excoriated the Clinton Administration for its general inattention to the...
From The Folks Who Brought You Somalia, Haiti — Clinton Is Botching The Russian Account, Too: The ‘Friendship ‘R Us’ Act
To counter the nearly universal impression that the Clinton Administration is systematically failing in its execution of U.S. foreign policy,...
The “Halperin Syndrome”: Clinton Appointees’ Antipathy To CIA, Military Sets Stage For Debacles In Haiti, Beyond
The world is now being treated to the spectacle of a U.S. president determinedly pursuing a policy toward Haiti predicated...
Watch This Space: Russian Military’s Chits Being Cashed In
There is small comfort in the transparent bewilderment of Clinton Administration officials -- who were, just days ago, crowing about...
The Foreign Policy ‘Blame Game’: A Pox On Both Bush And Clinton’s Houses
In recent days, senior officials of the Bush Administration -- including Mr. Bush himself -- have suddenly reemerged from the...
‘No Confidence’: Why Advocates Of US Leadership, Engagement Want Clinton To Disengage From Somalia, Haiti
Somalia comes out, there is only one message that will be conveyed: Bipartisan majorities in the Congress lack confidence in...
Will China’s Nuclear Test Precipitate Needed Reexamination Of Clinton, Congressional Policies?
As had been expected for some time, the People's Republic of China today carried out its latest test of a...
‘Stop Payment’: The Case For Supporting Yeltsin By Not Disbursing Another $2.5 Billion Blank Check
Last week, the U.S. Congress passed and sent to President Clinton an appropriations measure containing a further $2.5 billion contribution...
‘Time Out’! Administration Efforts To Railroad Congress On Pro-PLO Legislation Is Bad Policy, Bad Process
The Clinton Administration evidently has become so enthralled with the Palestine Liberation Organization that it is determined to make this...
At What Price Yeltsin’s ‘Victory’: A Blank Check To Military To Restore Soviet Empire, Endanger West?
As the West rejoices in Russian President Boris Yeltsin's apparent triumph over his unreconstructed communist adversaries in parliament, a dangerous...
The Big Picture Is Bad
EVALUATING the Israel-PLO agreement requires weighing hopes against risks, for Israel's concessions could someday endanger its security. The hopeful argument...