Showing posts with label Paddy Ashdown. Show all posts
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Paddy Ashdown and Richard Holbrooke: Bosnia Needs Our Attention

Former High Representative for Bosnia Paddy Ashdown and former Ambassador Richard Holbrooke coauthored a plea for greater Western engagement in Bosnia published in today's issue of The Guardian:

A Bosnian powder keg

The headline unfortunately plays on certain well-worn cliches about the region; but this is a polemic, and anything which helps get the attention of the Western (including the next US administration) is a good thing.