Carolin Emcke has studied philosophy, political science, and history in London, Frankfurt, and the United States. She has been a staff writer at the German newsmagazine Der Spiegel since 1998, covering human-rights violations and war crimes in Lebanon, Colombia, Nicaragua, Kashmir, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iraq. She has been a visiting professor of political theory at Yale University, teaching seminars on theories of violence, war crimes, and cosmopolitanism.

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Over the coming weeks, openDemocracy will be showcasing international reportage shortlisted for this year’s Ulysses prize. This week: German journalist Carolin Emcke recounts her experiences as a war correspondent in Kosovo, Lebanon, Nicaragua and Pakistan.