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The Genie Outside The Bottle.
While we are waiting, Veronica Khokhlova offers her impressions from inside the Ukrainian Supreme Court hearing and finds the proceedings almost surreal given the atmosphere on the independence sqare –...
View ArticleControversy Over Kosovo Refugees In Germany
This is an updated version of an earlier post. I first retain the post as it was, then I have added some reflections in the light of comments received. The Independent is running the following story:...
View ArticleKiller Identities
Sorting through some old books yesterday, I came across one from Amin Maaloof that I hadn’t looked at in years. So I dusted it off, and started thinking about this post. The English title of the book...
View ArticleA modest proposal for CAP reform
I’ve been in Canada for the last month, getting in my last family visit before settling in to the serious business of either going back to school or collecting unemployment checks. My family is large –...
View ArticleWhen Chams Attack
Greece and Albania are having a small diplomatic tiff. If reading about that sort of thing interests you, read on. So: two weeks ago, Greek President Karolos Papoulias’ was scheduled to meet with...
View ArticleKosovo, Kosovo, Kosovo…
Just ran across this article at Radio Free Europe. Short version: Russia has decided that independence for Kosovo is probably inevitable, and has decided to milk it for maximum benefit to Russia....
View ArticleXenophobia and human nature
There has been some cricket chirping on AFOE the past few days, so allow me to make a little bit of noise here and chase them away. Amnesty International has a new report out, called Russian Federation...
View ArticlePhotographs on the fence
If you’re ever in Pristina, capital of Kosovo, you’ll want to swing by the Government building. (It’s called the Government building because, well, that’s where the government is. The Parliament, the...
View ArticleThe new great game
Our next anniversary guest post is written by the the great Jonathan Edelstein. It’s starting to look like the season of referenda in the near abroad. On September 17, less than a week from today,...
View ArticleBloodthirsty Slavs vs. Racist, Revisionist Italians
Actually, it’s racist, revisionist, and revanchist Italians. But we’ll get to that. Short version: Italy and Croatia have just had a brief but bitter diplomatic dispute over statements made by Italian...
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