Thursday, 16 October 2008

Witness to Absurdity

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Given what I've written about Uzbekistan in recent years -- and assuming the visa-issuing officials in Tashkent have heard of Google -- ...
Thursday, 9 October 2008

No Crisis Like a Financial Crisis

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From my Reuters AlertNet blog on 9 October 2008. ======= So, I might as well just pack up and go on holiday for a few months. With the ...
Wednesday, 1 October 2008

Harvest by Force

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This piece, looking at forced child labour in Uzbekistan, originally appeared in openDemocracy on 1 October 2008. ======= The start of ...
Thursday, 28 August 2008

Tax Information?

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This is a piece originally written for my Reuters AlertNet blog, where it appeared on 28 August 2008. ======= Please read this blog -- ...
Friday, 22 August 2008

Georgia and Citizen War Reporting

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I wrote this for my Reuters AlertNet blog on 22 August 2008. ======= Evgeny Morozov has a great piece over at openDemocracy dealing wit...
Saturday, 19 July 2008

Media Power and Responsibility

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This originally appeared in my Reuters AlertNet blog on 19 July 2008. ======= Gideon Rachman had a great piece in the FT on Monday. I...
Friday, 18 July 2008

The Ghost of Sanctions (Not Quite) Past

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This article originally appeared in the European Voice on 18 July 2008. The EU's policy toward Uzbekistan had once been hailed; it then...
Tuesday, 8 July 2008

Medellín: Revival and Risk

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This article originally appeared in openDemocracy on 8 July 2008. It looks at the work of civil-society and human-rights groups in helping ...
Friday, 4 July 2008

Colombia: Tocadas pero no hundidas

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El Mundo (Spain) ran this piece by my then colleague Juan Munévar and me on 4 July 2008. ======= El emotivo comunicado sobre el rescate...
Tuesday, 20 May 2008

Europe's Soft Powerlessness

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This article originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal on 20 May 2008. ======= Any dictator concerned about Western condemnation o...
Thursday, 15 May 2008

Even Less Foreign News

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This originally appeared on my Reuters AlertNet blog on 15 May 2008. ======= Last week's announcement that Radio Free Europe/Radio ...
Tuesday, 29 April 2008

Oh My Gosh, Pirates!

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I wrote this with my then colleague, Daniela Kroslak, for the International Herald Tribune , which ran it on 29 April 2008. ======= Stra...
Friday, 29 February 2008

Afghanistan: The Prince and the Press

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This was originally published on my Reuters AlertNet blog on 29 February 2008. ======= So, Prince Harry has been fighting in Afghanista...
Sunday, 30 December 2007

Georgia: Going off Script

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The Guardian ran this on 30 December 2007. ======= It is almost certain that the first serious international media story in 2008 will b...
Saturday, 15 December 2007

US: No Satire, No News

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This originally appeared on my Reuters AlerNet blog on 15 December 2007. ======= Everyone who thought American television news couldn...