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Madeleine K. Albright

Madeleine K. Albright was American Secretary of State of the Clinton Administration (1997-2001) and ambassador to the United Nations (1993-1997). She chairs the National Democratic Institute, a satellite institution of the National Endowment for Democracy.

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Madeleine K. Albright at National Democracy Institute’s Awards Dinner

by Madeleine K. Albright

7 November 2011

Thank you Ken, and congratulations on your continued superb leadership here at NDI [National Democracy Institute].
Excellencies from the diplomatic corps and Capitol Hill, distinguished guests from overseas, friends and supporters of NDI, good evening to you all.
Not long ago, when I was (…)

Bush’s worldview fails to see that in the Middle East, power politics is the key.

by Madeleine K. Albright

Caracas (Venezuela) | 7 April 2006

The Bush administration’s newly unveiled National Security Strategy might well be subtitled "The Irony of Iran." Three years after the invasion of Iraq and the invention of the phrase "axis of evil," the administration now highlights the threat posed by Iran - whose radical government has been (…)

“Bush policy is not unilateral, but one-dimensional”

by Madeleine K. Albright

14 September 2005

Things happen in Iraq completely different from what the president expected: no weapons of mass destruction were found, we were not welcomed as liberators, oil does not run as expected, the situation has turned more difficult. Women’s rights have diminished and links with Iran are much closer. (…)

“The Right Path to Arab Democracy”

by Madeleine K. Albright, Vin Weber

16 June 2005

The Bush administration is right to support democratization in the Arab world. The question is how to do it. If we push too hard, it could be thought we are imposing our will; if we fail to push hard enough, it could be thought we support freedom everywhere except in the Arab world. A balance (…)