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...world saying you're going to do something and then not do it." If the House follows the Senate with a veto-proof lifting of the ban, Clinton fears the ensuing warfare will trigger a massive U.N. withdrawal requiring escort by 25,000 U.S. troops. TIME's Dean Fischer reports that NATO officials are moving to expand their mandate to attack Serbs if they threaten any remaining safe haven. Clinton, asked today why the Serbs should take the new threat seriously, said: "If the U.N. fails the next time, there will be a different course." But Serb Gen. Ratko Mladic...
TIME Diplomatic correspondent Dean Fischer says the Chinese are already incensed over efforts by Gingrich and other high-profile Republicans to recognize Taiwan as a free country -- a blunt assault on the fundamental "one China" policy that dates from President Nixon's historic 1972 trip to that country, and recognizes the People's Republic of China as the sole representative of the Chinese people. Making matters worse, Fischer says, was President Clinton's decision to grant a visa in May for a private visit by Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui, which "provoked a diplomatic crisis between the two countries that...
...make a landmark visit to the Vietnamese capital after an Asian economic conference at the end of the month. "Given the President's own opposition to the war when he was in college, there was some fear in the White House that this risk was not worth taking," Fischer says. "But there seems to have been a shift in attitude in support of recognizing Vietnam -- that if Clinton did not do it, he would also pay a price." The closed-doors debate in recent weeks pitted National Security Adviser Anthony Lake, who favors the move, against Clinton's political advisers...
...replace Mubarak's secular government with strict Islamic rule.TIME's Dean Fischernotes that Mubarak, who began a crackdown on Islamic militants in 1992, has now survived three assassination plots and can expect more: "It ought to be regarded by Mubarak and his handlers as another warning shot." More disturbing, Fischer notes, none of the violence has prompted Mubarak to designate a vice president who could quickly assume the office if the president were killed. Mubarak, who once held that post, was himself elevated to the presidency after the assassination of Anwar Sadat...
...arms accord.TIME diplomatic correspondent Dean Fischerreports that State Department officials insist they have known about the worrisome shipments for some time. (Some details also surfaced earlier this week in the Washington-based Defense News.) While U.S. officials may simply want to send China a public warning through the press, Fischer says, the move may also be calculated to counter criticism of President Clinton for jeopardizing relations with China byallowing the president of Taiwan to make a private visit to the U.S. this month-- a decision made over the objections of several key foreign policy advisers...