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Encyclopedia > Srdja Trifkovic

Srdja or Serge Trifkovic (born July 19, 1954, in Belgrade) is a Serbian historian, journalist and political analyst. He resides in the United States, of which he is a naturalized citizen. He was an ardent supporter of Slobodan Milošević, and denies the massacre of several thousand Muslims in Srebrenica[1]. Image File history File links Public release photo File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining. ... 1954 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Belgrade (Serbian, Београд, Beograd  listen?), is the capital (2003–) of Serbia and Montenegro and Yugoslavia (1918–2003). ... The word Serbian might be: an adjective, meaning: of Serbs (Serbian tradition, Serbian religion) of Serbia (Serbian government, Serbian president) both of the above (Serbian flag) a noun, meaning: a Serb a Serb from Serbia (as opposed to Serb who is not from Serbia) citizen of Serbia (regardless of nationality... Slobodan MiloÅ¡ević Slobodan MiloÅ¡ević   listen? (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Милошевић, pronounced ; born 20 August 1941) is a former President of Serbia and of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as well as leader of the Socialist Party of Serbia. ... The Srebrenica massacre was the July 1995 killing of a large number of Bosniak men and teenage boys in the region of Srebrenica by the Bosnian Serb army of general Ratko Mladić. ... Srebrenica Srebrenica (in Serbian Cyrillic: Сребреница) is a town in the east of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Republika Srpska entity. ...


Trifkovic earned a BA in international relations from the University of Sussex in 1977 and another, in political science, from the University of Zagreb in 1987. Since 1990 he has held a Ph.D in modern history from the University of Southampton, UK, and he has pursued a post-doctoral research degree at the Hoover Institution in California. A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B.) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... University of Sussex Logo © University of Sussex The University of Sussex is an English campus university located near the East Sussex village of Falmer, near Brighton and Hove and on the edge of the South Downs. ... Universitys emblem The University of Zagreb (Croatian Sveučilište u Zagrebu) is the oldest Croatian university in continuous operation and also the oldest university in southeastern Europe. ... Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. ... University of Southampton Dolphin logo The University of Southampton is a British university, with a reputation for quality research. ... Hoover Tower The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace is a conservative public policy think tank and library founded by Herbert Hoover at Stanford University, his alma mater. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ...


Beginning in 1980, Trifkovic has been a TV broadcaster for BBC World Service and Voice of America and later a journalist covering southeast Europe for U.S. News & World Report and the Washington Times, during which time he was an editor for the Belgrade magazine Duga. 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The BBC World Service is one of the most widely recognised international broadcasters of radio programming, transmitting in 43 languages to around 150 million people throughout the world. ... The Voice of America (VOA) is the official broadcasting service of the United States government. ... A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... U.S. News & World Report is a weekly newsmagazine from New York, New York. ... The Washington Times is a daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C.. It was founded in 1982 as a conservative alternative to the Washington Post by members of the controversial Unification Church. ...


He has been a visiting scholar for the Hoover Institution, the University of St Thomas and Rose Hill College. He has published op-eds and commentaries in the The Times, the San Francisco Chronicle and the Philadelphia Inquirer. Hoover Tower The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace is a conservative public policy think tank and library founded by Herbert Hoover at Stanford University, his alma mater. ... The masthead of The Times The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom. ... The San Francisco Chronicle, the self-described Voice of the West, is Northern Californias largest newspaper. ... The Philadelphia Inquirer is one of a two Knight Ridder newspaper duopoly daily for the Philadelphia area. ...


He has been a commentator on numerous national and international TV and radio programs, including the Oliver North Show, (MSNBC), CNN, CNN International, BBC World Service and CBC. He edited and contributed to Liberty, the newspaper of the Serbian National Defense Council of America. He has been the foreign affairs editor for the paleoconservative magazine Chronicles since 1998. Oliver North - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... CNN or Cable News Network is a cable television network that was founded in 1980 by Ted Turner & Reese Schonfeld [1] [2] (although he currently is not recognized in CNNs official history). ... CNN International is an English language pay TV network available in most of the world that is owned by Time Warner. ... The BBC World Service is one of the most widely recognised international broadcasters of radio programming, transmitting in 43 languages to around 150 million people throughout the world. ... CBC redirects here, as this is the most common use of the abbreviation. ... The term paleoconservative (sometimes shortened to paleo or paleocon when the context is clear) refers to an American branch of conservative Old Right thought that is frequently at odds with the current of conservative thought as espoused by the Republican Party elite. ... Chronicles is a US monthly magazine published by the paleoconservative Rockford Institute. ...


He has worked as a political consultant to Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia and Vojislav Koštunica, as an adviser to Biljana Plavšić, and as representative of the Republika Srpska in London. In March 2003 he testified as an expert witness for the defense before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in the trial of the Serbian politician Milomir Stakić, who was later sentenced to life imprisonment for war crimes and crimes against humanity. Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia and Yugoslavia His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia and Yugoslavia, Aleksandar II KaraÄ‘orÄ‘ević (b. ... Ph. ... Biljana PlavÅ¡ić Biljana PlavÅ¡ić (born July 7, 1930 in Tuzla) is a Bosnian Serb politician. ... Republika Srpska shaded red Official languages Serbian, Croatian, Bosniak Capital de jure Sarajevo, de facto Banja Luka Area  – Total  – % water  24,811 km²  n/a Population  – Total (2001)  – Density  1,490,993  60/km² Ethnic groups (1996) Serbs: 90% Bosniaks: 7% Others: 3% President Dragan Čavić Prime minister Pero Bukejlović... 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → A timeline of events in the news for March, 2003. ... An expert witness is a witness, who by virtue of education, or profession, or experience, is believed to have special knowledge of his subject beyond that of the average person, sufficient that others may officially (and legally) rely upon his opinion. ... The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) is a body of the United Nations (UN) established to prosecute war crimes in the former Yugoslavia. ... A war crime is a punishable offense, under international law, for violations of the law of war by any person or persons, military or civilian. ... This article is in need of attention. ...


Books

He has written two books:

  • Ustasa: Croatian separatism and European politics, 1929-1945

The latter was subject to dispute in 2005 between CAIR and National Review where by CAIR has sought to have the book withdrawn from sale alleging that its content was Islamophobic. The Sword of the Prophet: The politically incorrect guide to Islam. ... The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is an organization whose stated goal is to promote a positive image of Islam in America. ... National Review (NR) is a conservative political magazine founded by author William F. Buckley, Jr. ... Islamophobia is a contemporary neologism defined as prejudice against Islam and Muslims. ...


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