Andrew Stroehlein
Communications Director,
Brussels, Belgium
Crisis Group role:
As Communications Director for the International Crisis Group, Andrew Stroehlein oversees the organisation's media relations and online advocacy worldwide, leading efforts to work with print and broadcast journalists covering crisis-related stories and to foster international media interest in "forgotten crises". He is also involved in Crisis Group's advocacy efforts in Europe, meeting with policy makers and presenting testimony to parliaments.
Professional background:
Before joining Crisis Group, Andrew Stroehlein worked at the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, where he established the journalism training program, with extensive media development work in the Balkans, the Caucasus, Central Asia and Afghanistan. Prior to that, he worked as a reporter, editor and commentator in Central and Eastern Europe for many years, eventually founding and editing the award-winning online magazine, Central Europe Review, in 1999, now part of Transitions Online. He has contributed widely to both international and national media outlets, and his articles have appeared in the Financial Times, The Washington Post, International Herald Tribune, TIME magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The Observer and The Christian Science Monitor, among many others. He also writes the Reuters AlertNet blog, "Covering Crisis".
Selected articles and speeches for Crisis Group:
- "The Situation in Sri Lanka", European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights, Brussels, 1 October 2009
- "Somalia, le speranze stanno svanendo", with Daniela Kroslak in AffarInternazionali (Italy), 10 July 2009
- "Somalia am Abgrund", with Daniela Kroslak in Der Spiegel, 2 July 2009
- "When It Comes to Somalia, Inaction Is Not an Option", with Daniela Kroslak in The Globe and Mail, 15 June 2009
- "The EU's Role in Securing Sri Lanka's Peace", with Alain Délétroz in European Voice, 20 May 2009
- "Without Foreign Coverage, We Miss More Than News", in The Christian Science Monitor, 19 May 2009
- "Entre Tigres et gouvernement, 50 000 otages au Sri Lanka", in Rue89, 14 May 2009
- "Sri Lanka's 50,000 Hostages", in The Guardian, 12 May 2009
- Somalia: "The Key to Security at Sea Is Stability on Land", with Daniela Kroslak in The Independent, 17 April 2009
- "An Overview of Media Development and Post-Conflict Transition", EU Workshop on the Role of Media in Conflict Prevention, Brussels, Belgium, 3 April 2009
- "Somalia's Slim Hope", with Daniela Kroslak in Reuters: The Great Debate, 10 February 2009
- Gaza: "Hvis ikke EU, hvem så?", with Robert Blecher in Information, 10 January 2009
- Gaza: "Pokud ne Evropská unie, tak kdo?", with Robert Blecher in Britské listy, 7 January 2009
- Gaza: "If Not the EU, Who?", with Robert Blecher in European Voice, 7 January 2009
- Rusko-gruzinsky konflikt: "Vel'ká príležitost' pre EÚ", Zahraničná politika, 17 December 2008
- "Somalie : la piraterie, fruit de la 'faillite' de l'Etat", with Daniela Kroslak, Les Echos, 19 November 2008
- Uzbekistan: "Witness to Absurdity", Transitions Online, 16 October 2008
- Uzbekistan: "Harvest by Force", openDemocracy, 1 October 2008
- Uzbekistan: "The Ghost of Sanctions (Not Quite) Past", European Voice, 18 July 2008
- "Medellín: Revival and Risk", openDemocracy, 10 July 2008
- "As FARC foram feridas, mas ainda não estão derrotadas", Público, 5 July 2008
- "Colombia: Tocadas pero no hundidas", with Juan Munévar, El Mundo, 4 July 2008
- Uzbekistan: "Muzzled Again", Transitions Online, 18 June 2008
- "EU a Uzbekistán: Bezmoc mocných?", Britské listy (Czech Republic), 23 May 2008
- Uzbekistan: "Europe's Soft Powerlessness", in The Wall Street Journal, 20 May 2008
- Somalia: "Piraten kapern Medieninteresse", with Daniela Kroslak, Die Tageszeitung, 9 May 2008
- Somalia: "Oh My Gosh, Pirates!", with Daniela Kroslak in the International Herald Tribune, 29 April 2008
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