Cultural Ethnic Cleansing
Genocide inevitably involves wiping away the cultural as well as physical existence of the people targeted. No continent has been spared and the examples are too many to enumerate, from…
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Danny Schechter, Journalist Defining Diplomat-Artist
From the UN to Wall Street, Danny Schechter and I worked together to make/reflect complex issues in multi-media format. Danny has been defined as an “investigative journalist” but he employed…
Returning to Eastern Bosnia
I recommend this true story of the lacking rights of returnees to Eastern Bosnia about an elderly woman living on her pension who survived a horrible genocidal war who may…
Who Owns the Color Green?
Although perhaps not popular as red or blue or even black, several different nationalities, cultures and religions lay claim to green; and on St. Patrick’s it is the color of…
Legacy of Police on Black Violence Pre & Post “Selma Bloody Sunday”?
Have you heard of the “New Orleans Massacre”? African-American US Army Veterans and delegates to a convention to demand voting rights for Louisiana’s “negro” citizens were ambushed by police and…
Ukraine Needs Political Solution, but Can Diplomacy Succeed without Weapons?
Ukraine has had several cycles on the diplomatic merry-go-round, but the only result is more weapons in the hands of the so-described pro-Russia rebels. There is another round of…
UN Holds First Ever Social Media Day – Digital-Diplomacy Comes Home?
An early leader in employing social media, the United Nations heralded January 30, 2015 as Social Media Day. The event was probably of many to come where digital-diplomacy is addressed…
NATO’s Future Rises to Focus of US Presidential Election 2016?
NATO was critical to the shaping of the “new Europe” two decades earlier after the fall of the Iron Curtain. Similar and new challenges have emerged where once again NATO…
Is God More Insulted by Cartoons or Those Who Kill in God’s Name?
Bosnia’s Muslim leadership answers without ambiguity. We have to worry more about those who would appoint themselves to defend God against presumed insult than those purportedly committing the offense. Besides…
Can Bosnia’s Army Save the World?
Soldiers, officers and police that fought against each other two decades earlier are now working together in UN and NATO operations to keep or deliver peace. It is not just…