Misha Glenny
Articles by Misha Glenny
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Europe
Prague
- 12 March 2009
'As political drama, the Velvet Revolution could not have been better scripted, and it was all expertly directed by Václav Havel'
Europe
Superpower swoop
- 14 August 2008
- 122 comments
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?
Europe
Catching Karadzic
- 24 July 2008
- 20 comments
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
North America
Nuts about grass
- 15 May 2008
- 1 comment
Many British Columbians are rather disappointed to learn that Quebec has overtaken their province as the number one producer and exporter of cannabis
World Affairs
Gas & gangsters
- 28 February 2008
- 19 comments
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
World Affairs
Black cloud over the Balkans
- 06 December 2007
- 5 comments
The status of Kosovo was supposed to be the last obstacle to solving the problems of the Balkans. Failure would affect the entire region.
Politics
A shaky start: more prudence required
- 26 July 2007
Within two weeks the new cabinet has managed to antagonise both Washington and Moscow
Politics
Drugs and terror: Britain's role
- 09 October 2006
- 1 comment
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
Books
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
- 16 January 2006
Illicit: how smugglers, traffickers and copycats are hijacking the global economy Moises Naim William Heinemann, 340pp, £12.99 ISBN 0434013501
