Jeffrey Donovan

Also by Jeffrey Donovan

• April 06, 2004

  Rwanda: 10 Years Later, How Is the Country Coping? (Part 1)

  Heads of state from Africa and Europe will gather tomorrow in Rwanda for memorial services marking the 10th anniversary of the world's worst genocide since the Holocaust. In 13 weeks of tribal bloodletting, between 500,000 and 800,000 people were hacked, shot or clubbed to death while the international community stood idly by.

• March 26, 2004

  NATO: Bush Meeting With Eastern, Central European Leaders To Mark Expansion

  U.S. President George W. Bush is set to meet on 29 March with the leaders of seven nations for a celebration of their formal entry into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

• March 25, 2004

  U.S.: Anti-Terror Chief Says Bush Played Down Al-Qaeda Threat

  Bush has been accused of focusing on Iraq rather than Al-Qaeda In formal testimony yesterday, the U.S. government's top former counterterrorism official accused the Bush administration of failing to adequately pursue Al-Qaeda prior to the September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. Richard Clarke, the author of a new book sharply criticizing the administration's terrorism policies, also said he believed the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq had "greatly" undermined the war against terrorism.

• March 24, 2004

  U.S.: 9/11 Panel Says Bush, Clinton Failed In Tracking Bin Laden

  Preliminary reports issued yesterday by an independent commission investigating the September 2001 attacks on America have concluded that both the Clinton and Bush administrations failed to take sufficient action against Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda before 9/11.

• March 23, 2004

  Middle East: Will Israel's Killing Of Hamas Leader Affect U.S. Policy?

  Israel's assassination yesterday of Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin has been widely condemned by European leaders, while the U.S. has taken a somewhat softer approach. From Washington, RFE/RL correspondent Jeffrey Donovan looks at Washington's reaction to the killing and its possible implications for U.S. initiatives in the region.

• March 17, 2004

  World: New U.S. Poll Shows Opinions Of America Increasingly Negative

  Is America's war on terrorism a guise to control Mideast oil and dominate the world? Did U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair lie about the Iraqi threat? Is Osama bin Laden a hero? According to a new survey of global opinions and attitudes, much of the world answers "yes" to those questions.

• March 16, 2004

  U.S./Spain: Washington Takes Wait-And-See Approach To Changes In Madrid

  Under outgoing Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, Spain was one of Europe's strongest supporters of U.S. President George W. Bush and the Iraq war. But after bomb attacks with possible ties to Islamists killed 200 people in Madrid last week, Spaniards responded by electing a new government that is now threatening to pull out of Iraq and turn its foreign policy away from Washington. RFE/RL looks at how Washington is responding to the events in Spain and how they could affect U.S. efforts in Iraq.

• March 10, 2004

  Iraq: U.S. Scrambles To Set Up World's Biggest Embassy In Baghdad

  The United States is setting up a new embassy in Baghdad to assume U.S. responsibilities in Iraq after sovereignty is returned to Iraqis on 30 June. It will be the world's biggest U.S. embassy, with some 4,000 staff members. But the sheer size of the project is proving an organizational challenge -- and raising questions about America's future intentions in Iraq.

• March 09, 2004

  Afghanistan: Rights Activists Temper U.S. Picture Of Progress For Women

  The plight of women topped the agenda in many countries yesterday as International Women's Day was observed across the globe. But in few nations is the situation for women as dire as in Afghanistan.

• March 03, 2004

  World: U.S. Space Agency Says Mars Once Sustained A Habitable Environment

  As long as people have populated our planet, they have looked to the stars and wondered -- is there life out there? The answer to that age-old mystery now appears a little bit closer.

• March 02, 2004

  World: U.S., UN Look To Put Differences Behind Them, But Reality May Not Be So Easy

  The United States and the UN Security Council appear to be putting last year's differences over Iraq behind them. Two of the main antagonists -- the United States and France -- are even engaged these days in a new partnership in Haiti. But there still is no resolution in sight to the pressing issues that divide the council, such as how to define the legitimate use of military force.

• February 26, 2004

  World: U.S. State Department Issues Critical Report On Global Human Rights

  The U.S. State Department has released its annual report on human rights around the world. Secretary of State Colin Powell called the report a vital instrument not just for informing the public but for guiding U.S. foreign policy. From Washington, RFE/RL correspondents Jeffrey Donovan and Frank T. Csongos report.

• February 25, 2004

  Georgia: Saakashvili Meets Bush In Washington

  Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, making his first official visit to Washington since taking office, is set to meet with President George W. Bush today at the White House. RFE/RL reports that the talks are expected to touch on a range of pressing security and economic issues.

• February 18, 2004

  Afghanistan: U.S. Optimistic About Defeating Extremists

  U.S. officials in Afghanistan yesterday painted an upbeat picture of the fight there against former Taliban and Al-Qaeda elements. But as RFE/RL reports from Washington, the reality may not be so rosy.

• February 10, 2004

  Middle East: Bush Administration To Launch Plan To Promote Regional Democracy

  The United States is devising a strategy to build democracy in the Middle East by offering incentives to Arab nations to adopt economic reforms. The plan in part resembles U.S. efforts to encourage democracy in Eastern Europe during Soviet times. But critics are already questioning the feasibility and motives of the plan, which is set to be officially unveiled in June.

• February 03, 2004

  U.S./U.K.: Bush, Blair Vow To Probe Iraqi Intelligence Failures, But Critics Skeptical

  The leaders of the U.S. and Britain are both calling for investigations into the intelligence used as the basis for going to war against Iraq. The moves by President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair come amid growing pressure to explain why none of Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction has so far been found. RFE/RL correspondents Jeffrey Donovan and Kathleen Knox report.

• January 26, 2004

  Iraq: Washington Says It Has 'Open Mind' On Restoring Sovereignty

  Under growing pressure to allow direct elections in Iraq, the United States says it has an "open mind" on ways to restore Iraqi sovereignty. Does that mean the U.S. may be willing to ditch plans to turn over authority to Iraqis indirectly and accept direct polls?

• January 23, 2004

  Georgia: Powell To Visit Tbilisi, Moscow To Seek Progress On Georgia

  U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell departs tomorrow on a three-day trip to Georgia and Russia. Powell is set to attend the inauguration of incoming Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili in Tbilisi.

• January 22, 2004

  Iraq: Pachachi Says UN Can Help Resolve Election Dispute

  U.S. President George W. Bush interrupted his State of the Union speech this week to introduce him to the members of Congress and the country. Yesterday, Adnan Pachachi, the current head of the Iraqi Governing Council, delivered his own address on the state of Iraq to reporters in Washington.

• January 21, 2004

  U.S.: Bush Vigorously Defends Iraq, Afghan Wars In State Of The Union Speech

  This time there was no "axis of evil" accusation or confident assertions about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. Instead, U.S. President George W. Bush's State of the Union speech last night was a defiant defense of his controversial foreign policy record, just nine months before U.S. presidential elections.

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