Author Archives for Christopher Deliso

A Brief Travelers’ Guide to Sarajevo’s Local Traditions

Authored by Christopher Deliso on November 16th, 2006   

By Lidija Jularić*
Sometimes it seems that in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia & Herzegovina, everyone knows everything about everyone. The position of Sarajevo itself in some way implies that this is a city in which social control is very strong. It lies in a long narrow valley surrounded by wonderful little hills that are […]

Formative Early Events in Kosovo’s Serbian History, and the UN-Overseen Destruction of that Historical Legacy

Authored by Christopher Deliso on November 15th, 2006   

By Carl Savich
When discussing the opposing claims of Serbs and Albanians over Kosovo, its history and its rightful future status, mass media reports often include the obligatory sentence about Kosovo being ‘Serbia’s historic and culture heartland.’ Usually, the unstated implication for including the phrase is that the Serbs are unfortunate and delusional nostalgics, living in […]

Photo of the Week

Authored by Christopher Deliso on November 12th, 2006   

Look away, good Empire. Gracanica, Kosovo

Photo of the Week

Authored by Christopher Deliso on November 4th, 2006   

The unwritten plain. Galicnik, Macedonia

Greek Energy Diplomacy and Future Balkan Oil Pipelines

Authored by Christopher Deliso on November 2nd, 2006   

By John Demopoulos*
Energy diplomacy has come to dominate the foreign policy agenda for countries on Europe’s periphery and the Balkans is no exception. As the West seeks to strengthen and diversify its energy supplies, the region has become awash with proposals for new transit routes to ease the flow of resources from the Caspian. […]

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