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Criminals of the world, unite and take over
In "McMafia," author Misha Glenny takes us on a startling tour of the new international underworld, documenting the hidden costs of an unregulated global free market.
By Laura Miller Apr 16, 2008
Feminism and intervention, Part XXXVIII
How to parse another milestone in a very different war?
Chris Colin Nov 10, 2006
Safe area America
Graphic novelist Joe Sacco goes back to Sarajevo with his powerful new book "The Fixer" -- and talks about why the entire U.S. population should be tried for war crimes.
By Christopher Farah Dec 5, 2003
Robert Kaplan
The controversial "Balkan Ghosts" put him on the map. His opinionated, darkly seductive reports of an unraveling world have kept him there.
By Laura Rozen Apr 17, 2001
Macedonia on the brink
Colin Powell urges peace, but a walk through the capital city reveals a country on the verge of civil war.
By Laura Rozen Apr 13, 2001
The invention of peace
A leading military scholar talks about what caused the world wars, why Kissinger was a true peacemaker and whether peace is incompatible with human nature.
By Suzy Hansen Apr 12, 2001
Waiting for Slobo
Has Milosevic really been arrested? While The Hague waits to try him, a ragged troop of loyalists still stands behind the fallen dictator.
By Alex Todorovic Mar 31, 2001
Radioactive fallout
Did exposure to American depleted-uranium-tipped weapons cause the cancer deaths of some European peacekeepers who served in the Balkans?
By Laura Rozen Jan 12, 2001
Clinton grows a spine
The president surprises his critics by, at the last possible moment, signing on to the treaty for an International Criminal Court.
By Lawrence Weschler Jan 5, 2001
Peacekeeping's pitfalls
Growing tensions along the border between Kosovo and southern Serbia could mark the first challenge for President-elect Bush's foreign policy team.
By Laura Rozen Dec 22, 2000
Serbia's culture shock
With the media liberated from Milosevic's control, the nation begins to face its demons -- but propagandists and journalists are in a tug of war.
By Laura Rozen Oct 31, 2000
Propping up the walls
As international support for Kosovar independence wanes, hatred still seethes between Albanians and Serbs. And the U.N. oversees their division.
By Richard Blow Oct 23, 2000
Milosevic fights back
The resurgence of loyalists to the deposed Yugoslav president brings Belgrade back to the brink of danger.
By Laura Rozen Oct 12, 2000
The long road back for Yugoslavia
With the revolutionary fervor subsiding, new President Vojislav Kostunica must now figure out how to govern a country where Slobodan Milosevic is still a political force.
By Laura Rozen Oct 9, 2000
Serbia is liberated, Milosevic disappears
A long-suffering people celebrates the apparent end of the regime. But where has their dictator gone?
By Laura Rozen Oct 5, 2000
The ABCs of Balkan nationalism
Do the recent elections in Yugoslavia and Croatia mark a shift away from the psychology that led the region into conflict?
By Lawrence Weschler Oct 5, 2000
Bringing down the Butcher of Belgrade
Serbian cops are standing back while strikers shut down Yugoslavia, but will Milosevic accept a bloodless defeat?
By Laura Rozen Oct 3, 2000
Election mud wrestling
Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic claims no candidate received a majority in this week's elections, but opposition leaders who believe their candidate won are taking to the streets.
By Laura Rozen Sep 27, 2000
Outlaws in an outlaw nation
With Yugoslav election time approaching, Serbian activists face a new wave of repression as they try to fight the Milosevic regime from within.
By Laura Rozen Sep 6, 2000
Election offensive
Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has called presidential elections for later this month, but his actions show he intends to hold on to power.
By Laura Rozen Sep 6, 2000
Ten days in a Serbian prison
I crossed the wrong border at the wrong time. Three weeks later I'm an Israeli-American without his glasses in a cell full of neo-Nazis.
By Nir Rosen Aug 16, 2000
Bread instead of soldiers
On the front lines of war, humanitarian-aid workers do the work of diplomats -- but some say they should stay away from politics.
By Laura Rozen Aug 7, 2000
They think I'm a spy!
An American in Belgrade finds that real life isn't nearly as interesting as the one her Serbian neighbors imagine for her.
By Laura Rozen Jul 24, 2000
Milosevic's media blackout
The Serbian president turns out the lights on the independent media and Serb protesters clash with police.
By Laura Rozen May 18, 2000
Battle without blood
Michael Ignatieff talks about the poison of nationalism, the politics of fear and the strange future of war.
By Max Garrone May 4, 2000
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