The Initiative aims to analyze the issues facing China and the problems and opportunities that China’s rise presents to other nations, … The Initiative will make recommendations to policy- makers on these challenges, as we...

The short answer is no. We feel very strongly and I think our Russian colleagues agree unity of command is very important, and unity of command means all of Kosovo will be under one command...

would be an obstacle to cooperation on other issues.

We want very much to see Russia deal with what is a global problem … of extremism and terrorism, but to see that Russia deals with that problem in a fashion that meets international norms,...

The path down which India and Pakistan have started to move with these tests is a dead end, and no one else should follow down that path,

Here is one optimist’s reason for believing unity will prevail … within the next hundred years … nationhood as we know it will be obsolete; all states will recognize a single, global authority.A phrase briefly...

There will be specific arrangement for division of labor within that but nothing that would bear any resemblance to partitioning or dividing Kosovo up into different national sectors,

How exactly that’s defined, in terms of command structure and that kind of thing, is something that we are working on.

As Secretary (of State Madeleine) Albright and others have said, once there has been a complete withdrawal, the international community might consider permitting the return of some official Yugoslav personnel to perform very clearly specified...

That isn’t to prejudge what the nature and arrangements will be for Russian participation in KFOR, nor has Russia decided categorically that it is going to be part of KFOR, … potentially quite dangerous.

It was clearly an act of terrorism, … My understanding from the few minutes I have been on the ground is that our embassy and the Russian authorities are working very closely together to try...

This is part of an ongoing series of consultations we have had with the Russian government and we have a very broad and deep and important agenda, … I am sure the topic of Bosnia...

These are tough issues, … It’s a work in progress.

The Serbian authorities have flagrantly and provocatively chosen to heighten tensions by bringing thousands of people into Belgrade to confront the peaceful demonstrations by the opposition,

We will also try to use these laws as instruments for achieving long-term strategic objectives, not to punish for sake of punishment, but to try to induce these countries to do what is in their...

On the four biggest challenges he faced — putting Russia on a course toward a pluralistic democracy, integrating Russia with the rest of the international community, respecting the independence of the other CIS countries, and...

unacceptable actions in Kosovo.

It’s a tough call for the president. It’s a brave and correct decision on his part and not without risks.

NATO and Russia have an extremely profound disagreement on the subject of the use of force (by NATO in Yugoslavia),

Timely, reliable assistance from the United States fosters the political stability and economic well-being critical to Jordan’s continuing role as a regional leader for peace.

That means they don’t have to worry about getting their throats slit or getting a bullet in the back of the head,

You can’t be in the neighborhood and not go.

The talks are sufficiently constructive and serious that we’re going to continue them. President Ahtisaari and I have accepted an invitation from Mr. Chernomyrdin to return next week. So we’re continuing them,