Friday, 20 February 2009

Real Security in Central Asia Is Not a "Great Game"

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Sometimes, I just hate clichés like the plague. I wrote this for my Reuters AlterNet blog on 20 February 2009. ======= Even if you don’...
Tuesday, 10 February 2009

Somalia’s Slim Hope

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This article, by and my collegue Daniela Kroslak and me, was published in Reuters comment pages, "The Great Debate" , on 10 Februa...
Thursday, 5 February 2009

Stop Reporting Somalia?

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This originally appeared on my Reuters AlertNet blog on 5 February 2009. ======= As if anyone needed reminding how difficult it is to w...
Monday, 26 January 2009

BBC Should Overturn Its Refusal to Show Gaza Appeal

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This originally ran on my Reuters Alertnet blog on 26 January 2009. ======= With foot clearly in the crosshairs, the BBC has decided no...
Wednesday, 14 January 2009

Czech Art Shocks Brussels

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As I walked into the European Council building in Brussels for a pair of meetings yesterday, my eyes were led upward by multiple fingers poi...
Monday, 12 January 2009

Does Media Commentary Change Minds?

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This ran in my Reuters AlertNet blog in January 2009. I think the date was the 12th, but I'm not 100% sure. The original disappeared in...
Wednesday, 7 January 2009

Gaza: If Not the EU, Who?

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My Crisis Group colleague, Robert Blecher, and I penned this for the European Voice on 7 January 2009. It was reprinted in a number of nati...
Monday, 15 December 2008

Killing the Messenger in Asia-Pacific

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A quick post from Jakarta on my Reuters AlertNet blog on 15 December 2008. ======= Here in Jakarta, journalists from across the Asia-Pa...
Friday, 28 November 2008

Twitter in Mumbai

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I wrote this for my Reuters AlertNet blog on 28 November 2008. When I look back at it now, in April 2011 after having relied on Twitter qui...
Wednesday, 19 November 2008

Somalie: la piraterie, fruit de la 'faillite' de l'Etat

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My Crisis group colleague, Daniela Kroslak, and I published this in Les Echos 19 November 2008. ======= C'est étrange comme un pays...
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...