{"id":1144,"date":"2019-08-16T11:35:46","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T10:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.balkan-conflicts-research.com\/archive\/?page_id=1144"},"modified":"2019-08-23T15:42:57","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T14:42:57","slug":"david-binder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.balkan-conflicts-research.com\/archive\/david-binder\/","title":{"rendered":"David Binder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>David Binder<\/b> (February 22, 1931 \u2013 June 30, 2019) was a British-born American journalist, author and lecturer. \u00a0He wrote for the <i>New York Times<\/i> from 1961 to 2004. He was a foreign correspondent for many years and was based in Belgrade from 1963-66. \u00a0Later he served on numerous occasions as a special correspondent: \u00a0in the 1990s, he travelled extensively in the Balkans to report on the wars that brought about the dissolution of Yugoslavia (1990\u20131995) and the post-Communist regimes in Bulgaria and Romania.<\/p>\n<p>David Binder&#8217;s work was a frequent source of information and inspiration for those seeking to uncover the truth about the final years of Yugoslavia. \u00a0His background and experience ensured that, very rare among the journalists who covered the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s, he had a deep understanding of the historical and political background of events.<\/p>\n<p>From very early on Binder protested that the consensus media understanding of what was happening was fundamentally wrong. \u00a0It seems that his views were <a href=\"http:\/\/www.balkan-conflicts-research.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/HermanPeterson-NYT-on-Hague-Tribunal-2004.pdf\">not in harmony with those of the newspaper<\/a> and were gradually removed from the mix. \u00a0However, he continued to find means to express his perspective &#8211; always delivered with calm professionalism.<\/p>\n<p>The attached papers and articles by David Binder well illustrate the important contribution he made to the debate:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.balkan-conflicts-research.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Krijina-Binder-.pdf\">Krijina Binder<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.balkan-conflicts-research.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/David-Binder-paper.pdf\">David Binder paper<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.balkan-conflicts-research.com\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Occupying-Srpska-Binder.pdf\">Occupying Srpska-Binder<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Binder (February 22, 1931 \u2013 June 30, 2019) was a British-born American journalist, author and lecturer. \u00a0He wrote for the New York Times from 1961 to 2004. He was a foreign correspondent for many years and was based in Belgrade from 1963-66. \u00a0Later he served on numerous occasions as a special correspondent: \u00a0in the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.balkan-conflicts-research.com\/archive\/david-binder\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;David Binder&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>David Binder - Balkan Conflicts Research Team<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.balkan-conflicts-research.com\/archive\/david-binder\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"David Binder - Balkan Conflicts Research Team\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"David Binder (February 22, 1931 \u2013 June 30, 2019) was a British-born American journalist, author and lecturer. \u00a0He wrote for the New York Times from 1961 to 2004. 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