the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe with principal responsibility for nation-building and civil society. He was hired to start the first news agency in that region and was founding director of KosovaLive. He returned to Newsweek'' in 2001 as Europe Editor for Newsweek International, where he also oversaw the magazine's coverage of the Middle East and Asia. Works "The Wink That Changed the World This is the way the Warsaw Pact folded, not with a bang but a gesture." slate, July 6, 2009 "Scaling the Berlin Wall", The Daily Beast, October 31, 2009 Books References External links Audio interview with Michael Meyer American magazine editors American speechwriters Hamilton College (New York) alumni Living people Berlin Prize recipients Year of birth missing (living people)