Lutz Kleveman is a freelance journalist from Germany, now based in New York. He e-mailed to tell me about his new blog which he describes:
In my new foreign policy/current affairs weblog “On the road” (www.kleveman.com/blog) I discuss mostly issues of international affairs and U.S. foreign policy, particularly in the regions I often report from: the Middle East (esp. Iraq), Central Asia (esp. Afghanistan), the Caucasus (Chechnya), West Africa and the Balkans. When out on assignment, I also plan to do some first-hand web reporting.I first encountered his work last year when I translated his very interesting interview of the leading Pakistani Islamist politician.
Kleveman's blog tends to favor the side of the media over the U.S. administration in the "how bad are things in Iraq" debate. But that's to be expected, he's from the media and writes mainly for a European audience. I don't buy all of his analysis (the Q-word and the I-word make their appearance as early as his second post) On the other hand, he and his co-bloggers are over there doing primary reporting and I'm not. So read his reports along with other reports and make up your own mind.
He also has a new book out -- The New Great Game: Blood and Oil in Central Asia. I haven't read the book, but I believe this article serves as a synopsis.
Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at September 30, 2003 07:01 AMI read The New Great Game with great interest. The implications for how the Bush administartion ought to react in the "war on terrorism" are clearly there, but I am afraid they will stay on the current road which means matters will continue to deteriorate.
I recommend everybody to read this important book!
Posted by: Eric Dahl on January 26, 2005 04:12 AMI am currently reading "The New Game" which, so far, has provided some great insights into the psychology and motivations of those countries and companies concerned with the Caspian region. However, I would very much like to know, with recent developments in the Middle East, if Mr Kleveman now has a different or modified approach to the whole situation.
Posted by: paola bonder on September 23, 2005 08:18 AMI am currently reading "The New Game" which, so far, has provided some great insights into the psychology and motivations of those countries and companies concerned with the Caspian region. However, I would very much like to know, with recent developments in the Middle East, if Mr Kleveman now has a different or modified approach to the whole situation.
Posted by: paola bonder on September 23, 2005 08:18 AM