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Ferris then described the history of the peace process in Northern Ireland, his involvement in both the IRA and Sinn Fein and the current state of the peace accord...

Author: By Matthew G. H. chun, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sinn Fein Leader Discusses Northern Ireland Stalemate | 3/17/1999 | See Source »

Should the peace agreement be implemented, Ferris said he believes that any remaining opposition to the peace accord will dissolve...

Author: By Matthew G. H. chun, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sinn Fein Leader Discusses Northern Ireland Stalemate | 3/17/1999 | See Source »

...most painful failure was the collapse of the Vietnam peace accord. Kissinger's outrage that Congress would not go to the aid of South Vietnam in 1975 when the North launched its final offensive is sincere and understandable. But he glosses over any differences he may have had with Ford, who displayed a more sensitive feel for the wariness of Congress and the weariness of the public. And he never confronts the basic reality that his 1973 peace accord fudged rather than resolved the issue of whether the communists accepted South Vietnam as an independent country. He is right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Henry Kissinger: A Realist Faces Reality | 3/15/1999 | See Source »

...enduring successes of the Ford years came not from merely pursuing the pragmatic calculations of the Nixon years. The 1975 Helsinki accord, for example, including its uber-idealistic declaration on human rights, will be "considered by posterity as a landmark in the West's victory over communism," as Kissinger points out. More broadly, the Ford years restored a sense of honesty, openness and morality to the conduct of foreign affairs. In portraying them as years of renewal, Kissinger conveys his appreciation of these values, perhaps even more fully than he did at the time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Henry Kissinger: A Realist Faces Reality | 3/15/1999 | See Source »

...should be surprised that Rambouillet came a cropper. NATO's fragile construct was designed to avoid answering the question at the heart of this Balkan war: Should Kosovo be an independent state? "The beauty of the interim accord is that no one has to give up their dreams," explains U.S. negotiator Christopher Hill. "We've created this gray thing that one side will call an elephant and the other will call a mouse." Trouble is, some members of the Albanian delegation saw through that and demanded a written guarantee of eventual independence. No way, said NATO. "Sure, they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Kosovo to Kurdistan: Freedom Fighters | 3/8/1999 | See Source »

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