Articles
Is Syria’s Bashar Assad the Next Gaddafi or Could He Be the Middle East’s Milosevic?
The fighting words from Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, who vowed Tuesday to hold on to power and crush his opponents with “an iron fist”, were optimistically...
Global Justice
Stripped of the power to intimidate, reduced to speaking in turn, the fallen tyrant met his accusers for a second time last week. He didn't bother to wear a...
Viewpoint: The Legacy of Milosevic
Slobodan Milosevic was not the only culprit in the bloody breakdown of multi-ethnic Yugoslavia, but he can be assigned the bulk of responsibility. He had a...
Thwarted Justice
Upon hearing of Slobodan Milosevic's death, Serbian President Boris Tadic could not find any family members in Milosevic's native Serbia to accept his...
A Spring in Belgrade
When Slobodan Milosevic was dispatched to the Hague almost five years ago to be tried for war crimes, I believed, like most Serbs, that he would never be back. I...
Justice Denied
The guard at the U.N. detention unit at Scheveningen, a seaside suburb of the Hague, was making his usual morning rounds last Saturday when, at around 9 a.m., he...
Who'll Judge Milosevic?
The war-crimes trial of former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic in the Hague has already lasted two years. Now, with the announcement that presiding judge...
Like a Freak Show
Tuesday, May 28, 2002Much surprise and some suspense accompanied the appearance last week of the first Serbian witness in the trial against former Yugoslav...
Definitely Not With A Whimper
The last day before recess had the makings of high courtroom drama. In the stand for the third day was Rade Markovic, Slobodan Milosevic's former head of state...
Milosevic Confronts His Angry Accusers
After denouncing "this false court," Milosevic, who is defending himself, is now fully engaged in his trial It's a long way--a lot further than can be measured...
