Thursday, 29 March 2007

The EU's Inexcusable Pardon for Serbia

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My Crisis Group colleague, Sabine Freizer, and I wrote this piece for the European Voice , which ran it on 29 March 2007. ======= Given ...
Tuesday, 27 March 2007

New Angles for Darfur

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This originally appeared on my Reuters AlertNet blog on 27 March 2007. ======= I just finished a short round of meetings on Darfur with...
Saturday, 17 March 2007

US and Iraq: Post-Pottery Barn Rules

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I posted this on my Reuters AlertNet blog on 17 March 2007. ======= Former Secretary of State Colin Powell’s ominous pre-war warning, ...
Monday, 12 March 2007

Would You Live in Kosovo?

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This appeared on my Reuters AlertNet blog on 12 March 2007. ======= Anyone who has followed Kosovo over the past decade or so knows tha...
Thursday, 8 March 2007

Worst Crisis Question of the Month

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This was a short post on my Reuters AlertNet blog on 8 March 2007. Sadly, sharing the experience didn't help. ======= As Media Dire...
Tuesday, 6 March 2007

1000 Journalists Dead

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This originally appeared on my Reuters AlertNet blog on 6 March 2007. ======= A comprehensive study released today finds that 1,000 jou...
Wednesday, 31 January 2007

Teetering Turkmenistan?

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From my Reuters AlertNet blog, 31 January 2007. ======= IWPR just published a good overview report on Turkmenistan as the country faces...
Thursday, 7 December 2006

BBC: Worth It for International News Alone

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I posted this on my Reuters AlertNet blog on 7 December 2006. ======= While these blog pages have looked at a couple very significant m...
Wednesday, 6 December 2006

Online Iran

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From my Reuters AlertNet blog on 6 December 2006. ======= The online media in Iran have been under pressure for some time, and yet, the...
Thursday, 23 November 2006

Egeland and After

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I posted this on my Reuters AlertNet blog on 23 November 2006. ======= On 4 December, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland will ...

Media on Darfur: Detached and Dehumanised?

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This originally ran on my Reuters AlertNet blog on 23 November 2006. ======= I met with a few well-placed Darfurians a couple days ago ...
Wednesday, 22 November 2006

Al Jazeera International: The First Week

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From my Reuters AlertNet blog, 22 November 2006. The station later settled on "Al Jazeera English" as its name. ======= One w...

Uzbekistan: Beyond Sanctions

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This originally appeared in Transitions Online on 22 November 2006. ======= The EU can do little now to change Uzbekistan’s direction, ...
Thursday, 16 November 2006

Afghanistan: Battered Women

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This ran on my Reuters AlertNet blog on 16 November 2006. ======= Tuesday's post by my fellow AlertNet blogger, F. Brinley Bruton, ...
Friday, 3 November 2006

Great Hopes for Al Jazeera International

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This piece appeared on my Reuters AlertNet blog on 3 November 2006. Of course, the name they eventually chose to use was "Al Jazeera E...