Slavenka Drakulic

Contributing Editor

Slavenka Drakulic, a Croatian-born journalist and Nation contributing editor, is the author of several books, including How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed, Cafe Europa: Life After Communism and, most recently, Frida's Bed, a novel.

Currently

  • The Generation That Failed

    October 28, 2009 Subscribe

    Yugoslavs were unprepared for the surge of nationalism that followed Tito's communist rule.

2008

  • Jörg Haider's Legacy

    October 20, 2008

    Austria's most notorious right-wing politician died as spectacularly as he had lived--and in a Europe stunned by financial crisis, leaves a dangerous legacy.

  • No Ordinary Criminal

    July 22, 2008

    Radovan Karadzic, captured after twelve years on the run, possessed extraordinary levels of intellect, cruelty and power. And power wielded in a time of war comes at great price, which he is about to pay.

  • Rape as a Weapon of War

    June 23, 2008

    The UN resolution designating rape as a weapon of war is historic, but provides no legal remedy for wartime victims of sexual violence.

  • Letter From Kosovo

    February 21, 2008

    In this troubled region, secessions tend to be followed by terrible wars. Will it be any different this time?

2006

  • Judging Milosevic

    March 19, 2006 Subscribe

    Slobodan Milosevic died without a definitive judgment of his responsibility for war and crimes against humanity. Now others will judge him, precisely what he wanted to avoid.

2001

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