F R O M B R U S S E L S T O B E L G R A D E
Anatol Lieven—on the case for partition PAGE 2 2
S A V I N G E U R O P E m S P L IT T IN G W “ KOSOVO... T i SACKING * S A N T E R - ' f P L A Y IN G G O D RONALDDWORKINc-' R IG H T S FO R APES *
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Lionel Barber—EU-rope tries to grow up PAGE 3 2
Tim Judah—the essential short history of Kosovo PAGE 5 5
Carl Bildt—smart wars can’t replace diplomacy PAGE 1 2
Rodric Braithwaite—how the EU can help restore the peace PAGE 1 1
37 P la y in g G o d RONALD DWORKIN The new science of genetics threatens to unsettle some of our deeply held moral convictions. But this is no reason to ban it.
Designer maybe.
M Y S T O R Y 48 A m o d em g h o s t s t o r y DAVID ROSE I told everyone that my father was dead. It was easier that way.
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55 A sh o r t h i s t o r y o f K o s o v o TIM JUDAH Kosovo is the site of an infernal cycle of violence—from 1389 to today. What is it about this wretched patch of land with two million souls?
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4 n ew s & c u r io s i t ie s Gossip, facts and stats. 6 l e t t e r s Gay marriage. 8 m o d em t im e s JE R EM Y CLARKE Death and the maiden. 9 p ic o f th e m o n th NEVILLE GABIE Rain stopped play.
1 0 th e s e is la n d s JOHN LLOYD What's wrong with Britishness?
2 0 th e lis t Prospect’s guide to lectures. 47 th e p r i s o n e r PETER WAYNE I am not an advertisement for adoption.
67 ch o ic e s Prospects, pick of the arts. 70 c ro s sw o rd
71 b ru s s e ls d ia r y Europe’s unusual hawks. 72 p r e v io u s c o n v ic t io n s HILARY RUBINSTEIN An occidental tourist.
A R T S & B O O K S 60 M o d e r n i sm ’s la s t th r ow HOWARD BRENTON The dream of modernism died with socialism. Can it come back again? 6 2 A m em e a t E t o n JOHN MAYNARD SMITH Do memes have the same explanatory power as genes?
65 W h o tu rn ed th e p a g e ? KATE KELLAWAY Literary London has produced an unusual tribute to Ian Hamilton.
F O R T H C O M I N G
• B e n R o g e r s o n J o h n R a w l s a n d t h e e n d o f e q u a l i t y
• J o n a t h a n S p e n c e o n
C h i n e s e a n n i v e r s a r i e s
• A s h o r t s t o r y b y
C a r o l S h i e l d s
• G o d f r e y H o d g s o n o n t h e e n d o f g r a n d n a r r a t i v e
T H E N E X T I S S U E W I L L B E
O U T O N 2 0 T H M A Y
P R O S P E C T L E C T U R E S : D o g o v e r n m e n t s k n o w e n o u g h t o g o v e r n ? A r o u n d t a b l e d e b a t e o n 2 9 t h A p r i l ( s e e p a g e 5 9 )
T i m o t h y G a r t o n A s h :
E m u a n d e t h n i c c l e a n s i n g , 3 r d J u n e
( s e e p a g e 6 8 )
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