East of Center: Bosnia: A Model Intervention?
To many interventionists, Bosnia offers hope for other humanitarian efforts. Are they right?
In Dana Point, California, for my friend Ross’ wedding
Word of the Week
Snickersnee - n. the act of fighting with knives
The Rugova Memorial, Velania, Pristina
The EU’s (crafty) Kosovo foreign policy
In my new job as a Transitions Online contributing editor, I will contribute to the East of Center blog on politics, economics and culture in Central Europe and the former Soviet Union. Click here to read my first post.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” - Gandhi
The Bill Clinton Statue, Pristina
President Clinton is a hero to Kosovars, who believe NATO intervention in the 1998-99 conflict prevented genocide. “Bill Clinton is my father,” one Kosovar recently told me.
Kosovars fawn over Americans. While I was eating lunch today at a qebapa (Albanian BBQ) joint in Mitrovica south, the cook called to me from the grill: “American?” I nodded. “Good,” he said with a thumbs up.
As a youth I used to weep in butcher’s shops.” - Monty, Withnail and I
A legacy of the former Yugoslavia, the panel housing in Pristina
