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April 8, 1999 - Op-ed

Don't Look to Russia for Help on Kosovo

Appeared in New York Times, April 8, 1999

By Michael A. McFaul

The Clinton Administration was right to reject Slobodan Milosevic's cease-fire proposal -- entering into negotiations now with Serbia, which has largely achieved its military goals in Kosovo before NATO has achieved much of anything, would be an admission of defeat.