Rosemary Righter



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Full name: Rosemary Righter

Area of interest: International politics, Economics

Journals/Organisation: The Times

Email: [mailto:rosemary.righter@thetimes.co.uk rosemary.righter@thetimes.co.uk]

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Blog: http://www.thedailybeast.com/contributors/rosemary-righter.html

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Career: Far Eastern Economic Review; Newsweek in Asia; The Sunday Times: development and diplomatic correspondent; The Times: Associate Editor and former Chief Leader Writer

Current position/role: Times' Associate editor


 * also writes/written for: contributes to The Daily Beast

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Books & Debate:

 * Utopia Lost: The United Nations and World Order, 1995 (Twentieth Century Foundation) ISBN 0870783599 / OCLC 31010633

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Role: Associate editor

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Email: [mailto:rosemary.righter@thetimes.co.uk rosemary.righter@thetimes.co.uk]

Website: TimesOnline / Rosemary Righter

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Articles: 2013

 * Why no anger at massacres of Christians? - We picture ourselves at Kenya’s shopping mall but greater outrages fail to move us - 25th September
 * The UN is powerless to stop justice being done - Is it legitimate to bomb Syria? History tells us that Security Council approval is not needed - 31st August
 * The UN is powerless to stop justice being done - Is it legitimate to bomb Syria? History tells us that Security Council approval is not needed - 30th August
 * The spectre of dictatorship hangs over Turkey - Erdogan’s scandalously unjust trials are a sinister sign of his brand of Islamo-fascism - 7th August
 * For jobless Italians Berlusconi is a ‘pantomima’ - The former PM may be an embarrassment, but his crimes pale beside the anguish caused by Italy’s failing economy - 29th June
 * America cannot be a part-time superpower - President Obama must stir himself if North Korea’s dangerous tantrums are to be curbed - 11th March



Articles: 2010

 * is a deal if only America can see it'' - In the Israeli-Palestinian conflict the internal prospect for peace is brighter than we think - 6th July
 * risky, but this time North Korea must pay'' - Seoul has abandoned hope of taming its neighbour. Its rhetoric and defences are hardening - 26th May



Articles: 2009

 * and daffodils won’t save us'' - Little treats at Christmas don’t mean the recession is over. Labour has caused terrible damage - 31st December
 * pressure points to sink Iran'' - The Tehran regime is taking a beating at home and abroad. Obama should ditch his conciliatory tone - 30th September
 * sneer at the wind of change'' - Don’t let’s be cynical: elections in Afghanistan are a vital step on the road away from violence - 25th August
 * future will be hobbled by age'' - Its one-child policy has given China a rich country’s problem: a rapidly ageing population - 3rd August
 * dust of dissent can still choke this regime'' - Oppression in Iran seems tougher than ever, but beneath the surface, cracks are appearing and public anger still burns - 27th July
 * the soft words. Squeeze Iran sharply'' - Talk about talks with Ahmadinejad is worthless. We need sanctions and firm diplomacy - 8th July
 * survives as the lech with the common touch'' - The fact that Berlusconi is the only politician anyone is talking about could nudge his opponents deeper into the ditch - 31st May
 * strange incident of the intruder in the night'' - The Burmese generals are terrified of freeing this frail symbol of liberty. Now they have the perfect excuse to jail her - 15th May
 * Swat's ‘blood emeralds''' - These mines in Pakistan are Taleban cash cows - 27th April
 * should boycott this UN charade'' - We should beware this anti-racism conference that spreads intolerance - 20th April
 * game of beggar-thy-neighbour'' - The ‘Buy America' policy proposed by Barack Obama is a piece of disastrous economic folly - 30th January
 * has given us a wake-up call&#58'' - The game Russia is playing with its gas exposes Britain's dangerous energy dependency - 15th January



Articles: 2008

 * is not the answer in dangerous times'' - What the world will have in Barack Obama, unfortunately, is a Mr Facing Both Ways on trade - 23rd December 2008
 * in euroland are depressed'' - Brits living in continental Europe have to put up with shrinking wallets and a touch of condescension - 22nd December 2008
 * Brown, Frau Nein is not for turning'' - Angela Merkel, with the approval of her compatriots, is saving money rather than saving the world - 12th December 2008
 * Merkel plays Scrooge. Thank goodness'' - The German Chancellor is right to stand against Europe's rush to splurge public money - 11th December 2008
 * fat lady sings in China's opera of reform'' - Land ownership was the last Maoist taboo. It has fallen because Beijing needs rural areas to fuel continuing growth - 20th October 2008
 * global giants still look to the US'' - America still dominates the business of managing the world's finances despite the wealth accumulation of emerging markets - 22nd September 2008
 * pulled Iraq from the brink'' - But the Washington consensus of cutting troop numbers puts the gains of the surge at risk - 18th September 2008
 * challenges demand its leaders be bold'' - The country's economy has expanded tenfold over a 30-year span, but it will be undeniable by December that the going is getting tougher - 1st September 2008
 * - another avoidable disaster'' - Population explosion and bad land policy: why Addis Ababa is the architect of its own misery - 20th August 2008
 * show euro's joyride is at an end'' - The signs were there for all analysts to read that Europe is heading into a recession from which it will struggle to recover - 11th August 2008
 * China got a terrorist problem?'' - The Uighur attack in the northwest was shocking but not a precursor to a bigger outrage - 5th August 2008
 * return of the great reformer'' - Just when everyone thought he was a ‘Page 3 president', the French leader is slaying sacred cows - 1st August 2008
 * A summit that actually matters'' - Now that the world economy has hit rocky times, the major leaders could make themselves useful at the G8 meeting - 7th July 2008
 * Free trade becomes a scapegoat as times get tough - For the past decade and more, the world has experienced all the benefits that a globalised economy brings, at small and containable cost - 23rd June 2008
 * Let's join the new democracy gang - The UN is a hindrance in tackling rogue states. We should try America's latest big idea - 29th May 2008
 * A test of the UN's moral authority - Imposing aid on a country is a messy business; but the alternative in Burma is far worse - 12th May 2008
 * Silvio Berlusconi: Mr Clean and Sober - Italy has no choice now but to swallow painful medicine. Its economy is at rock bottom - 16th April 2008
 * Silvio Berlusconi: the fox is back - Believe it or not, the old stager may have found a way to beat his rival this weekend - 11th April 2008
 * Crush Tibet: China's only path - The Dalai Lama's spiritual power terrifies Beijing. Might, not persuasion, is its only response - 18th March 2008
 * Send for Mr Nice Guy - The Italian electorate is furious with its politicians; but one man is bucking the trend - 11th February 2008
 * Europe lacks scope to revive economy - When politicians start trotting out assurances that “the economic fundamentals are sound”, start to worry - 4th February 2008
 * 08.08.08: unlucky for Beijing? - In the build-up to the Olympic Games, the Chinese authorities are nervously watching farmers' rebellions in the countryside - 3rd January 2008

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