New Statesman -

Prague

Misha Glenny — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:28:44 GMT

'As political drama, the Velvet Revolution could not have been better scripted, and it was all expertly directed by V�clav Havel'

Superpower swoop

Misha Glenny — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:03:48 GMT

What Russia and America are really doing in Georgia and who set the trap? Vladimir Putin and his thuggish FSB pals or Dick Cheney and his equally unflappable neocon friends?

Catching Karadzic

Misha Glenny — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:18:40 GMT

How did one of Europe's most wanted men give the security forces the slip for so long? Because the Serbs didn't need to seize him until now

Nuts about grass

Misha Glenny — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT

Many British Columbians are rather disappointed to learn that Quebec has overtaken their province as the number one producer and exporter of cannabis

Gas & gangsters

Misha Glenny — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT

Energy is the key to Europe's new relationship with Russia - and supposedly Moscow's weapon of choice in its plan for European domination. Yet this new Cold War is not inevitable

Black cloud over the Balkans

Misha Glenny — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMT

The status of Kosovo was supposed to be the last obstacle to solving the problems of the Balkans. Failure would affect the entire region.

A shaky start: more prudence required

Misha Glenny — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:00:00 GMT

Within two weeks the new cabinet has managed to antagonise both Washington and Moscow

Drugs and terror: Britain's role

Misha Glenny — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Tony Blair's ambition to eradicate opium production in Afghanistan has failed miserably. More poppies are grown than ever, financing the Taliban's resurgence and thus fuelling the war on terror

Just what the Balkans didn't need

Misha Glenny — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Observations on Milosevic

The dark side of globalisation . Diamonds, opium, prostitutes, cocaine: if demand exists in the west, the rest of the world will supply it. Illegal trade, accounting for one-fifth of the global economy, is a threat more serious than terrorism

Misha Glenny — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Illicit: how smugglers, traffickers and copycats are hijacking the global economy Moises Naim William Heinemann, 340pp, �12.99 ISBN 0434013501