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C O N T R I B U T O R S T O T H I S I S S U E ANNE APPLEBAUM is w r itin g a book on the Soviet Union BRYAN APPLEYARD w rites for the Sunday Times LIONEL BARBER is news editor o f the Financial Times CARL BILDT is au th o r o f Peace Journey (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) RODRIC BRAITHWAITE was foreign policy advisor to John Major HOWARD BRENTON is a playw right and author, most recently, o f Hot Irons (M ethuen) JE R EM Y CLARKE is a freelance w rite r RONALD DWORKIN is Quain P rofessor o f Jurisprudence at University College, London, and Sommer Professor o f Law and P rofessor o f Philosophy at New York University DUNCAN FALLOWELL is working on his th ird novel, A History o f Facelifting IVAN HEWETT is p re sen te r o f Radio S ’ s Music Matters MICHAEL HOLMAN is Africa ed ito r o f the Financial Times TIM JUDAH is the author, most recently, o f The Serbs: History, Myth & the Destruction o f Yugoslavia (Yale University Press) KATE KELLAWAY w rites for the Observer ANATOL LIEVEN is ed i to r o f Strategic Comments at the IISS. T he opinions expressed in th is artic le are his own JOHN LLOYD is the au th o r of Rebirth o f a Nation: an Anatomy o f Russia (M ichael Joseph) KENAN MALIK is w r i t in g Man, Beast and Zombie, a study o f the science o f human nature (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) VICTOR MALLET is southern Africa correspondent o f th e Financial Times JOHN MAYNARD SMITH is au th o r of Origin o f L ife (OUP) and professor of biology at Sussex University DAVID ROSE works for th e London Review o f Books HILARY RUBINSTEIN is a l i te ra ry agent SALMAN RUSHDIE is the author, most recently, o f The Ground Beneath Her Feet (Jonathan Cape) PETER SINGER is d irecto r o f the Centre for Human Bioethics at Monash University in Melbourne PETER WAYNE is near th e end o f his prison sentence at a location th a t must rem ain secret 2 PROSPECT M ay 1999 c o n t e n t s O P I N I O N S 1 1 C a n w e w in th e p e a c e ? RODRIC BRAITHWAITE Now it’s up to the EU and even the UN. 1 2 T h e baby' b om b e r s CARL BILDT It’s a generation thing. 13 A n a g e in g r o c k e r SALMAN RUSHDIE Why do you think it was called the “Velvet Revolution”? 14 In e f fa b le o r j u s t in d e f in ab le ? IVAN HEWETT Nobody knows what the arts are. 16 D e b a t e : R i g h t s fo r ap e s PETER S INGER AND KENAN MALIK Should we breach the species barrier and grant rights to the apes? WITNESS Bryan Appleyard sees a new world being bom at Bluewater T h e s h o p p in g m a l l is th e f in a l a n sw e r t o w h a t w e do w i t h o u r p e a c e and p le n ty . I t is th e c u lm in a t io n o f 2 , 5 0 0 y e a r s o f p h y s i c a l and in t e l le c t u a l s t r u g g l e . PAGE 4 2 I s s u e f o r t y - o n e May 1 9 9 9 P O R T R A I T Michael Holman and Victor Mallet on Thabo Mbeki and the African Renaissance Mandela leaves behind a host of big problems. And Africa's hoped for “renaissance” has not yet happened. Can Mbeki make a difference? PAGE 50 E S S A Y S 2 2 D iv id e and su rv iv e ANATOL LIEVEN Partition and population exchange may be solutions of last resort in ethnic conflicts, but they are better than the alternatives: war or the permanent presence of an outside military force. 28 G o o d b y e to a l l th a t ANNE APPLEBAUM Feminism is no longer relevant to women’s lives, pace Natasha Walter. Beyond legal equality, there is little that women’s politics can achieve. 32 E u r o p e g r o w s up LIONEL BARBER The end of the Santer commission is a chance to improve the accountability of EU institutions, not to turn the EU into a supranational state.
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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 * S H O P P IN G & C IV IL IS A T IO N BRYANAPPLETARBc-2 PLUS\FTER MANDELA A N N E APPLEBAUM CENSORED,:. 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. S P E C I A L R E P O R T 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? R E G U L A R S 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 ) PROSPECT M ay 1999 3

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C O N T R I B U T O R S T O T H I S I S S U E

ANNE APPLEBAUM is w r itin g a book on the Soviet Union

BRYAN APPLEYARD w rites for the Sunday Times

LIONEL BARBER is news editor o f the Financial Times

CARL BILDT is au th o r o f Peace Journey (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)

RODRIC BRAITHWAITE was foreign policy advisor to John Major

HOWARD BRENTON is a playw right and author, most recently, o f Hot Irons (M ethuen)

JE R EM Y CLARKE is a freelance w rite r

RONALD DWORKIN is Quain P rofessor o f Jurisprudence at University College, London, and Sommer Professor o f Law and P rofessor o f Philosophy at New York University

DUNCAN FALLOWELL is working on his th ird novel, A History o f Facelifting

IVAN HEWETT is p re sen te r o f Radio S ’ s Music Matters

MICHAEL HOLMAN is Africa ed ito r o f the Financial Times

TIM JUDAH is the author, most recently, o f The Serbs: History, Myth & the Destruction o f Yugoslavia (Yale University Press)

KATE KELLAWAY w rites for the Observer

ANATOL LIEVEN is ed i to r o f Strategic Comments at the IISS. T he opinions expressed in th is artic le are his own

JOHN LLOYD is the au th o r of Rebirth o f a Nation: an Anatomy o f Russia (M ichael Joseph)

KENAN MALIK is w r i t in g Man, Beast and Zombie, a study o f the science o f human nature (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)

VICTOR MALLET is southern Africa correspondent o f th e Financial Times

JOHN MAYNARD SMITH is au th o r of Origin o f L ife (OUP) and professor of biology at Sussex University

DAVID ROSE works for th e London Review o f Books

HILARY RUBINSTEIN is a l i te ra ry agent

SALMAN RUSHDIE is the author, most recently, o f The Ground Beneath Her Feet (Jonathan Cape)

PETER SINGER is d irecto r o f the Centre for Human Bioethics at Monash University in Melbourne

PETER WAYNE is near th e end o f his prison sentence at a location th a t must rem ain secret

2 PROSPECT M ay 1999

c o n t e n t s

O P I N I O N S 1 1 C a n w e w in th e p e a c e ? RODRIC BRAITHWAITE Now it’s up to the EU and even the UN.

1 2 T h e baby' b om b e r s CARL BILDT It’s a generation thing. 13 A n a g e in g r o c k e r SALMAN RUSHDIE Why do you think it was called the “Velvet Revolution”? 14 In e f fa b le o r j u s t in d e f in ab le ? IVAN HEWETT Nobody knows what the arts are. 16 D e b a t e : R i g h t s fo r ap e s PETER S INGER AND KENAN MALIK Should we breach the species barrier and grant rights to the apes?

WITNESS Bryan Appleyard sees a new world being bom at Bluewater

T h e s h o p p in g m a l l is th e f in a l a n sw e r t o w h a t w e do w i t h o u r p e a c e and p le n ty . I t is th e c u lm in a t io n o f 2 , 5 0 0 y e a r s o f p h y s i c a l and in t e l le c t u a l s t r u g g l e . PAGE 4 2

I s s u e f o r t y - o n e May 1 9 9 9

P O R T R A I T

Michael Holman and Victor Mallet on Thabo Mbeki and the African Renaissance

Mandela leaves behind a host of big problems. And Africa's hoped for “renaissance” has not yet happened. Can Mbeki make a difference? PAGE 50

E S S A Y S 2 2 D iv id e and su rv iv e ANATOL LIEVEN Partition and population exchange may be solutions of last resort in ethnic conflicts, but they are better than the alternatives: war or the permanent presence of an outside military force. 28 G o o d b y e to a l l th a t ANNE APPLEBAUM Feminism is no longer relevant to women’s lives, pace Natasha Walter. Beyond legal equality, there is little that women’s politics can achieve. 32 E u r o p e g r o w s up LIONEL BARBER The end of the Santer commission is a chance to improve the accountability of EU institutions, not to turn the EU into a supranational state.

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