North Korea: first steps towards change?
Journalist Christopher Woodburn explores new directions for North Korea.
Long-considered the last bastion of Stalinist socialism in the post-cold war era, the hermit kingdom—as it sometimes called—has purportedly made some ground-breaking changes which may pave...
Afghanistan – What went wrong?
The following essay by Geneva-based journalist and author Edward Girardet was published by the Cairo Review of Global Affairs in October, 2014. Girardet is also co-editor of the 4th fully revised Essential Field Guide...
Modern assassins, murder and social media
Steven Sotloff’s murder and decapitation is a tragedy in itself, but it also marks a turning point both for journalism and the communications strategy for the world's most murderous insurgencies. Terrorists these days are...
The Silver Fox Remembered
With the death of former Soviet Foreign Minister and Georgian leader Eduard Shevardnadze earlier this month, journalist and writer Thomas Goltz remembers.Â
Livingston, Montana -- Eduard Shevardnadze and I bonded during the siege and fall...
Rebranding the Millennium Development Goals
by Priyash Bista
Geneva - The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were supposed to create benchmarks for the developed world’s commitment to eliminating global poverty. The target date for completion is next year, and despite the...
TedX plea for West not to abandon Afghanistan
Masood Khalili, Afghan ambassador to Spain - and son of famed 20th century Afghan poet Khalillulah Khalili - makes an impassioned plea from the heart in an Alcobendas, Spain TedX Â for the West not...
Switzerland’s Immigration Vote: Nationalism, racism or fear.
A version of this was first published by Le News, the free English-language weekly for the Lake Geneva region. This includes the cartoon by award-winning American artist Jeff Danziger - excellent cartoons on his website...
Corruption Chronicles Involving French Mayors
French mayors are among the least transparent - and controlled - local officials in Europe. In a piece first published in May, 2013, The Essential Edge explores some of the more recent cases.
By the...
