"China has stayed loyal to 'a few principles, which we here in the West have turned our backs on in recent times.' "...
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February 16th, 2012In a new report, the International Crisis Group offers an incrementalist approach to Kosovo's "frozen conflict"[...] Read the rest »
February 14th, 2012And what will it look like when it does?[...] Read the rest »
February 8th, 2012If you never lived under a communist regime or one of today's mutations and always wondered how a communist-style smear campaign might look, consider the wonderful investigative work aired this week by Belarusian state television (BT). [...] Read the rest »
February 6th, 2012Though dramatic attacks on press freedom are a problem, the real threat is a prevailing idea that information simply shouldn't be free.[...] Read the rest »
February 2nd, 2012In a new report, The World Bank lauds the Georgian president's fight against graft and public misconduct[...] Read the rest »
February 1st, 2012What is it about Belarus that brings out the best in photojournalists?[...] Read the rest »
January 27th, 2012Officially, X occurred. X was a terrible thing. Therefore, denial of X should be a crime.[...] Read the rest »
January 26th, 2012Looking back on the former Soviet Union's bumpy road since 1991 offers cause for concern in the Arab world today, but also for optimism[...] Read the rest »
January 25th, 2012Nice Danes + annoying Easterners = pretty good TV.[...] Read the rest »
January 20th, 2012"People stared at me as if I were walking two monsters through their streets: women fled from my path, children screamed, old grandmothers swore at me in muted Bulgarian.”[...] Read the rest »
January 19th, 2012Was Self-Determination's border protest in Kosovo last weekend a success?[...] Read the rest »
January 18th, 2012There seems to be more than a touch of envy in all of this outrage over bloated pay for some government officials. [...] Read the rest »
January 16th, 2012“ask about guarantees for the solution of your issue in case you pay the bribe”[...] Read the rest »
January 13th, 2012Given the fear factor, it's hard to imagine all this new online activity making a difference without many other developments occurring “offline” at the same time.[...] Read the rest »
January 12th, 2012Kosovo's opposition Self-Determination movement is planning a massive protest this weekend that would be the most stunning example yet of its rise from the radical fringes to legitimate political insurgency ...[...] Read the rest »
January 10th, 2012Some funny, weird, and ominous stories are coming out of Russia since the massive protests that may give a hint about the level of anxiety that they have provoked. [...] Read the rest »
January 8th, 2012United Russia was credited with 3-plus million votes in precincts with turnouts of over 97 percent.[...] Read the rest »
January 5th, 2012It’s times like this that make one wonder if sometimes countries such as Hungary aren’t better off having opportunistic crooks in power who take their share and leave than ideologues that seem to be willing to run their nations into the ground.[...] Read the rest »
