Daniel Bucan characterizes Croatia as a state desperate for attention and respect.
On Brink of Admission to EU, Some Croatians Still Euro-skeptic
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Human Rights
Whither Serbia’s Future When Its Citizens Elect “The Undertaker” President?
Voting the nationalistic Serbian Progressive Party into power reflects, in part, disillusionment with the Democratic Party.
A Focal Points Roundtable: Is the Taliban Losing?
A panel of experts looks at the U.S. and NATO end game in Afghanistan.
Bulgarians Wear Their Pessimism as a Badge
In a 2009 Gallup poll, Bulgaria ranked at the bottom of the world in their view of what life would be like for them five years hence.
Mali: After the Intervention
The international community must implement stabilization measures alongside political solutions, military intervention, and humanitarian aid.
The Case Against Kerry
President Obama’s selection of John Kerry as the next secretary of state sends the wrong signal to America’s allies and adversaries alike. Kerry’s record in the United States Senate, where he currently chairs the Foreign Relations Committee, has included spurious attacks on the International Court of Justice, unqualified defense of Israeli occupation policies and human rights violations, and support for the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq.
Magnitsky Act and Dima Yakovlev Bill Revive Cold War
If it weren’t for punitive acts by the United States, Russia wouldn’t have banned adoptions by Americans.
Is Israel Proof That an Armed Society Can Work?
Why don’t episodes like Newtown occur in another armed society, Israel?
Bulgaria’s Educated Among Those Most Likely to Discriminate Against Roma
The “Decade of Roma Inclusion” has run into resistance by, of all people, the educated of Bugaria.
Torture: An All-American Nightmare
Don’t for a second think that the essence of torture is physical pain, no matter what the new film Zero Dark Thirty implies. If, in many cases, the body heals, mental wounds are a far more difficult matter. Memory persists. After the fact, torture can only be dealt with by staring directly into the nightmare that changed us — that, like it or not, helped make us who we now are.