Tuesday, 28 April 2009

Sri Lanka: The Other "100 days"

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This originally appeared on my Reuters AlertNet blog on 28 April 2009. ======= It seems the media have been gearing up for the "10...
Tuesday, 21 April 2009

Media: If You Are Not Covering Sri Lanka Right Now, Why Not?

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I posted this on my Reuters AlertNet blog on 21 April 2009. ======= "A mass slaughter of civilians will take place Tuesday at noon...
Friday, 17 April 2009

Somalia: The Key to Security at Sea Is Stability on Land

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My Crisis Group colleague, Daniela Kroslak, and I wrote this short comment for The Independent , which ran it on 17 April 2009. ======= ...
Friday, 3 April 2009

An Overview of Media Development in Post-Conflict Transition

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This piece formed the basis of a speech I delivered to a European Union workshop on "the Role of Media in Conflict Prevention" on ...
Thursday, 19 March 2009

Fake Champagne and Life-saving Drugs

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This originally ran on my Reuters AlterNet blog on 19 March 2009. ======= How is sparkling wine like a life-saving drug in developing w...
Monday, 16 March 2009

The Changing Face of Foreign News Coverage

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This piece ran on my Reuters AlertNet blog on 16 March 2009. ======= While articles about the changing media landscape are these days a...
Thursday, 5 March 2009

International Media Response to Indictment of Bashir

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This appeared on my Reuters AlertNet blog on 5 March 2009. ======= If the answer is "six milliseconds", the question surely i...
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...