Misha Glenny: A dangerous fiction
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Misha Glenny: The war on drugs is a non sequitur - and is equally harmful to both producers and consumers
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The War on Drugs - A Dangerous Fiction
Transform Drug Policy Foundation (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
The war on drugs is a non sequitur - and is equally harmful to both producers and consumers, says Misha Glenny in Yesterday's Guardian . An excellent piece by the author of McMafia . In the article he says: "The time has come to shout from every rooftop that the war on drugs hands billions of pounds on a plate to criminal syndicates and terrorist organisations every year. Senior policymakers,...
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Radovan Karadzic 'will defend himself' at Hague war crimes trial
Times Online (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Profile: Radovan Karadzic | Commentary: Misha Glenny | Opinion: David Owen | Pictures: end of the road for fugitive | Eyewitness: haunted woods in Srebrenica | Eyewitness: horror of Sarajevo siege | Factfile: the Balkans' recent history | Q&A: Karadzic arrest | World reaction to arrest |
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Wanted fugitive Radovan Karadzic developed alter ego as New Age doctor
Times Online (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Profile: Radovan Karadzic | Commentary: Misha Glenny | Opinion: David Owen | Pictures: end of the road for fugitive | Eyewitness: haunted woods in Srebrenica | Eyewitness: horror of Sarajevo siege | Factfile: the Balkans' recent history | Q&A: Karadzic arrest | World reaction to arrest |
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National Security Top Trumps
Global Dashboard (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
... and failed states Clare Lockhart 4. Pandemics - Professor Lindsey Davies 5. Trans-national crime - Misha Glenny 6. Climate change - Nick Stern 7. Competition for energy - Nick Butler 8. Poverty & Governance - Paul Collier 9. Defence & Armed forces - General Sir Rupert Smith 10. Demographic changes - Adair Turner 11. Globalisation David Held
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Canada's spreading cannabis crop
BBC News (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
British Columbia's marijuana trade extends far beyond the traditional organised crime gangs, reports Misha Glenny from Canada.
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Serbia deserves to feel proud
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
... Balkans analysts had almost given up hope that any of the remaining fugitives would be caught. As Misha Glenny told BBC news, Karadzic had practically been forgotten, his escape chalked up as another international failure. When I visited Sarajevo weeks ago, the mood was one of despondency. Nato had handed over to an EU military force, which in turn was . Most of the necessary military...
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Alvaro Uribe has more work to do
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
While Colombia’s President has dealt FARC a crippling blow, his country is still an unholy mess MISHA GLENNY July 14, 2008 at 7:49 AM EDT The liberation of hostage Ingrid Betancourt by Colombian forces is a disaster for the country’s premier guerrilla army, the FARC. It’s been one of those years for the FARC, nothing seems to be going its way. The ideological purity and ruthless methods...
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Sizing up Uribe: A Canadian daily goes where no U.S. paper dares to tread
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
Monday, July 14, 2008 Colombia’s President Alvaro Uribe gestures during a speech at the Army School in Bogota June 1, 2006. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez (COLOMBIA) By Misha Glenny Toronto Globe & Mail July 14, 2008 Excerpt from commentary : Colombia is still in an unholy mess and, in the area of human rights, the government has nothing to crow about as the murder of trades unionists continues...
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