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Misha Glenny

Misha Glenny is a former BBC correspondent, the author of 3 books on Eastern and South Eastern Europe, including The Balkans: Nationalism, War and the Great Powers, 1804-1999 (Penguin, 2001). He is currently writing a book on trans-national organised crime and globalization.

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