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Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell is that rare breed of politician who is both partisan and fair-minded. Last week he stunned colleagues on both sides of the aisle by announcing that, after 14 years of service, he will not seek another term. Steering clear of the rage for nasty...
Many of us at Harvard pride ourselves on our willingness to hear both sides of an argument and to remain open-minded to new ideas no matter how much they may diverge from our own. And we expect others to do the same.
Even experts as single-minded as these emphasize that intelligence collection is a group activity. An agent on the ground might notice something interesting -- some new construction or activity. The CIA's first response is to target the spot for satellite pictures. The National Security Agency can then usually pick...
No Western leader, least of all the domestically minded Clinton, really wants to start shooting in Bosnia. NATO's caution underlined how the Sarajevo ultimatum was about saving NATO's credibility as much as saving Bosnian lives. But the new peace offensive also had a Russian impetus. Moscow, proudly proclaiming...
In Washington, President Clinton canceled his morning jog to meet with foreign policy advisers about the news. Their conclusion, after a two-hour meeting: the lagging peace negotiations must be speeded up. There were risks in trying to do so, and in involving the U.S. more deeply in the process...