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...Europeans have been talking about coordinating a defense structure that's not dependent on NATO since the early '90s, as they moved to strengthen the European Union and give it more of the characteristics of a state. And when Bosnia blew up, and then Kosovo last year, the Europeans were faced with the undeniable fact that they didn't have the muscle to intervene, and had to turn to the U.S. on a purely European matter. It was at a summit held last summer, in the immediate wake of Kosovo, that they set their requirements as a force...
...call it the underrated presidency. His brilliant handling of the economy is unparalleled in our time, and he was also impressive in foreign policy, like Kosovo. You felt like there was finally a President who understood the economy. I've been with the President in many social situations where I've seen him engage a brilliant economist. He can do it in a detailed way, and the great thing about the President is that he gets into a detailed level with anybody. I've seen him talk about records with David Geffen, where he can talk about an obscure 1950s...
...extremely disappointed in the way the U.S. government views Serbian nationalism. Why is it different from American nationalism? U.S. officials are extremely hypocritical in celebrating Kostunica's victory. They simply want to wash their bloody hands of the war and of NATO bombings in Kosovo and Yugoslavia that caused human casualties and severe destruction of Serbian infrastructure. U.S. officials can claim they acted because of Milosevic's aggression. But deep down, all Serbs know the U.S. government could not care less about their well-being and struggle for democracy. ANA MIRKOVIC Vancouver...
...have to add the footnote of genocide to Allison's optimistic proposition," said Samantha Power, executive director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. "With Sierra Leone and Kosovo, we have a testament to the limits of progress and the bounds of state behavior...
...Africa needs help from its international allies," he said, "but they need to implement the same policies, whether they apply to Kosovo or Sierra Leone...