Patrick Moore

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• March 22, 2006

  'Partners' Struggle With An Unequal Relationship

  Two of the agreements signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin during his recent trip to China deal with serious energy issues, but the two countries may not have enough complimentary interests to make their "strategic partnership" of primary importance to either.

• March 13, 2006

  The Politics Of Burying Milosevic

  The question of where to bury former Serbian and Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has implications for Serbian politics. It is not clear when or how the matter will be settled.

• March 11, 2006

  Unfinished Justice

  Slobodan Milosevic's death means he will now never face a sentence for war crimes. But by the time he died, on March 11, it was all too clear that he had bequeathed a bleak legacy to Serbia and Montenegro and to the Balkans as a whole. RFE/RL looks at Milosevic's career, at his death, and at the reactions.

• March 02, 2006

  Top General Named Prime Minister

  Kosova seems poised to acquire a new prime minister and speaker of the parliament in what some media have described as a political upheaval, albeit one that was long overdue.

• January 29, 2006

  The Legacy Of Ibrahim Rugova

  Like most towering political figures, the late President Ibrahim Rugova attracted his share of controversy. But what is Rugova's legacy? Two leading Kosovo figures recently gave their views to RFE/RL's South Slavic and Albanian Languages Service.

• January 21, 2006

  Rugova's Death Complicates Final-Status Process

  Tributes are pouring in from world leaders for late Kosovar President Ibrahim Rugova. NATO chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer says Rugova, who died of lung cancer at age 61, will be remembered as a man committed to a democratic and multiethnic Kosovo.

• December 14, 2005

  Russia Tests The Asian Waters

  Russian President Vladimir Putin's held his first-ever summit with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders on and then addressed the inaugural East Asia Summit as an observer.

• December 09, 2005

  Russia/China: Relations Present Opportunities And Problems

  Dmitrii Medvedev in Moscow last month (epa) Recent high-level contacts between Moscow and Beijing have again placed relations between the two giant neighbors in the spotlight. But despite some well-publicized business developments, a number of basic problems remain.

• December 03, 2005

  The Uncertain Journey Ahead

  Most of the Yugoslav successor states will enter 2006 with a long road ahead of them toward their goal of Euro-Atlantic integration. Whether and when they will complete that journey is anything but certain.

• November 25, 2005

  China: A Lawyer Tests The Limits

  Gao Zhiseng (file photo) (RFE/RL) Chinese lawyer Gao Zhisheng has made a name for himself by testing the limits of the rule of law, which the country's leaders say they want to establish. The reality he has found is that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and those who rule in its name do not look kindly on what they consider challenges to their monopoly on power.

• November 15, 2005

  Straying From Dayton's Path?

  The international community is pressuring politicians in Bosnia-Herzegovina for a thorough constitutional reform, but can deeply entrenched power structures prove sufficiently pliant?

• November 08, 2005

  China: Beijing's Own Goals

  Chinese President Hu Jintao (file photo) (CTK) The Chinese leadership has made great efforts in recent years to present its country as a dynamic and prosperous one whose "peaceful rise" is a boon to its neighbors. But human rights and related issues never seem to go away and serve to recall that China is a one-party dictatorship without the rule of law or a system of checks and balances.

• November 03, 2005

  Beijing Woos A Wary Neighbor

  Chinese President Hu Jintao visit to Vietnam on 31 October and 1 November is China's latest move in a regional charm offensive designed to improve economic ties and dispel fears of its growing power.

• October 16, 2005

  China: Hunting Tigers In Taishi

  Chinese leaders are increasingly worried about protests in the countryside Several incidents, including the brutal beating of a democracy-rights activist, have drawn attention to the tense situation in Taishi village in southeastern China's Guangdong province. At stake are a number of issues that are crucial to the direction of China's future course.

• October 06, 2005

  Bosnia-Herzegovina: Finally On The Path To The EU?

  The Bosnian Serb legislature has finally removed the last serious obstacle to Bosnia-Herzegovina's building formal ties to the EU. Problems and ambiguities nonetheless remain, and the outcome is not a foregone conclusion.

• October 05, 2005

  China: A Tale Of Two Revolutions

  Rural life in China Early October offers a good opportunity to compare and contrast the achievements of the governments in Beijing and Taipei, when each marks its respective national day. Whereas a one-party dictatorship remains entrenched on the mainland, Taiwan has become the home of the first democracy in Chinese history.

• September 29, 2005

  China: Bullying The Bloggers

  The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has taken new measures aimed at controlling citizens' access to information through the Internet by slapping controls on bloggers. The question remains: can the authorities maintain a one-party dictatorship and at the same time give proper attention to the information needs of a vibrant economy?

• September 22, 2005

  Bosnia-Herzegovina: 'The 11th Hour' For Bosnian Serbs

  International envoy Paddy Ashdown (file photo) International representative Paddy Ashdown said in a statement in Sarajevo on 22 September that the Bosnian Serb leadership must rethink its opposition to police reform or face "consequences that come with isolation," his website reported. He made it clear that this is a final warning before he takes unspecified steps that will affect ordinary Bosnian Serbs as well as their leaders.

• September 21, 2005

  Croatia: Hague Prosecutor Says Vatican Is Shielding Top War Crimes Fugitive

  Carla Del Ponte (file photo) Carla Del Ponte, the Hague-based war crimes tribunal's chief prosecutor, told London's "The Daily Telegraph" of 20 September that she believes that leading fugitive indictee and former Croatian General Ante Gotovina is hiding in an undisclosed Franciscan monastery in Croatia. She also charged that the Roman Catholic Church is refusing to cooperate on the matter.

• September 16, 2005

  China: Controlling The Internet

  China seems to be the most successful pioneer in controlling its citizens' access to the Internet. A recent case shows that it has the help of some Western companies in doing so.

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