The “Two State Solution” is a slogan not a solution. By David B. Kanin Washington has defaulted to the tried and failed idea ...

Whilst our campaign places special emphasis on the issue of torture, we also call on the Commission to consider the broader context in which a decision on GSP+ must be placed. As you will be aware, ...

By Momčilo Pavlović In March 1981, a little less than a year after Tito’s death, demonstrations broke out in Kosovo. These demonstrations came as a surprise to the political leadership and to the ...

Principles of Conflict Transformation 1. Conflict should not be regarded as an isolated event that can be resolved or managed, but as an integral part of society’s on-going evolution and development; ...

I have frequently referred, here and elsewhere, to a possible political solution for north Kosovo that I have called “Ahtisaari Plus.” By this I meant to refer to a form of special autonomy for the ...

By Dražen Pehar For the subjects to accept the potestas absoluta of the sovereign requires that they regard him with terror, as indeed is the case of Medusa and Dionysos. Hobbes’s monster state and ...

The tendency for African leaders to extend or prolong their terms in office seems to be slowly regaining momentum. Between April and November 2015, the Great Lakes region is once again at the brink of ...

Reading carefully all the contributions and comments on constitutional reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina, I would like to offer a different perspective. I am not a diplomat, lawyer or academic. I am no ...

Living with the Islamic State Even if the Islamic State’s current modus operandi revolts us, the political logic to its existence remains firm. The West and the regional powers alike would now do best ...

A year ago, in this space, I suggested the usefulness of revisiting the Ahtisaari Plan as part of an effort to resuscitate the Contact Group effort to reach a compromise solution on Kosovo. It has ...

At the end of last year, the Sri Lanka Campaign published a critique of an intervention in the House of Lords by Lord Naseby. In that intervention, Lord Naseby sought to discredit prevailing UN ...