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LONDON--President Bill Clinton nominated former Harvard Vice President John F. T. Shattuck as U.S. ambassador to the Czech Republic--a role that will become more tightly defined in the next year as the six-year-old country seeks to gain admission to NATO and its government struggles to overcome instability...
...government appoints new representatives to the Czech Republic, the eastern European country's own parliamentary-style government remains shaken after elections last month. The previous government led by the Civic Democratic Party (CDP) collapsed in June, prompting emergency elections for a new prime minister and for representatives to one of the houses of parliament...
Shattuck's has worked largely in areas of political and social instability. He has participated in diplomatic missions to forty countries, including the Czech Republic. His support for human rights has led him to Bosnia, Rwanda and many other wartorn countries...
...until the U.S. insisted on bombing the Serbs. But in Washington last week, where the Senate voted to bring three new members into NATO, supporters attributed magical qualities to the alliance, including the power to make the whole Continent peaceful and prosperous. Bill Clinton said the inclusion of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland began the fulfillment of "the dream of a generation, a Europe that is united, democratic and secure...
...NATO Expansion. Speaking of Europe, should America's sons and daughters die defending Warsaw, Prague or Budapest? Surprisingly, few outside elite foreign policy circles seem to care that America is considering expanding our European security agreement to include Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary. Is greater piece-of-mind for those countries worth the risk of provoking a struggling and paranoid Russia? If Cold War-like tensions do arise once again, this decision--whichever way it goes--could become one of those fateful moments that historians will one day study and wonder "How could they have been so stupid...