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...that Albright was the "clear choice," ignoring other candidates on Clinton's short list, such as Anthony Lake '61, George Mitchell and Richard Holbrooke. Albright was not the clear choice--but most probably the wrong choice. She lacks a consistent and coherent vision for America's role in the post-Cold War world. She admits that her philosophy has been shaped by early life experiences of fleeing Nazis and Communists. But America's next secretary of state should be someone who considers the limitations of U.S. power and the often ambiguous nature of U.S. military interventions instead of relying...
...were well on our way to drafting a proposal calling for continued U.S. involvement in the post-Cold War world when someone brought up the United Nations. Suddenly, we went from discussing the practicalities of U.S. troop commitment to arguing over whether the United States should belong...
...years, and somewhere among the drives, chips and putts on that chill December afternoon, it came to him: the same folks, bar one, who had been deeply involved in charting America's course for the past four years. Let foreign policy wonks fret over the Grand Strategic Architecture of Post-Cold War Policy; Clinton was pondering personalities, teamwork, chemistry. He wanted known quantities who could ensure a quick and tidy transition; basic compatibility to avoid the turf wars that pulverized the Carter Administration; loyalty over swashbuckling egos; tough, proven negotiating talent and skill at p.r. A Republican to prove bipartisan...
...both cases, old spyhands see instances--exacerbated by post-cold war ambivalence--where spies turned traitor not out of ideological passion for the other side--what "other" side?--but from devotion to the ultimate free-market incentive, cash. To Nicholson's stunned family, who spoke to Time last week, that image didn't square with the idealistic, spiritual man and devoted father they knew. "Jim's whole life has been a commitment to the U.S. government and to his job," said his father Marvin, a retired Air Force master sergeant living near Eugene, Oregon. "Greed?" asked brother Robert. "That...
Carter focused on American policy toward the former Soviet Union in the post-Cold...