Susan Sachs
Afghanistan correspondent and Assistant Foreign Editor
Susan Sachs is the Afghanistan correspondent and Assistant Foreign Editor of The Globe and Mail. She covers Afghan and regional social issues, politics and military operations. Read more...
Susan Sachs
Afghanistan correspondent and Assistant Foreign Editor
Susan Sachs is the Afghanistan correspondent and Assistant Foreign Editor of The Globe and Mail. She covers Afghan and regional social issues, politics and military operations.
Prior to joining the newspaper, Ms. Sachs was a freelance contributor to numerous international publications and a professor at the Graduate School of Journalism at the Institute for Political Studies (Sciences Po) in Paris, France. She was a foreign correspondent of The New York Times based in Istanbul, Baghdad and Cairo, and a former bureau chief in Cairo and Moscow for Newsday.
Ms. Sachs began her reporting career as a political reporter at The State Journal Register and The Miami Herald. Her work has won numerous awards, including the Overseas Press Club prize for reporting from the Middle East and the top prize from Investigative Reporters and Editors for reporting on drug trafficking. She holds a Bachelors degree in American Studies from the University of Michigan.
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European unity teeters as leaders fail to agree on measures to resolve debt crisis
Thursday, Dec. 08, 2011
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How the European Union can solve its crisis
As the leaders meet in Brussels, there are various measures that are being focused on to keep the 27-member group intact
Wednesday, Dec 07, 2011
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Sarkozy and Merkel lay down the law to save the euro
Proposal that France and Germany would push for a new treaty just for the euro-zone countries immediately sets alarm bells ringing
Monday, Dec 05, 2011
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Merkel and Sarkozy look to avert a euro zone implosion
Ahead of this week’s European Union summit, the two leaders remain split over how much political and economic decision-making should rest in the hands of EU bureaucrats
Monday, Dec 05, 2011
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France still struggling with its landmark spousal mental cruelty law
While in Canada an emotional abuse conviction can mean 10 years in jail, French courts and police have yet to understand or take seriously their own tough measures nearly a year and a half after they were enacted
Friday, Nov 25, 2011
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At home or The Hague: the options for trying Saif al-Islam Gadhafi
Libya’s revolutionary government wants to hold the trial in Tripoli rather than at the International Criminal Court. But can the country’s courts render a fair and timely judgment?
Sunday, Nov 20, 2011
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As troops plan their exit, ‘Green Scarves’ seek safety – and a voice – for Afghan women
The women activists hope to highlight women’s safety and security at the Bonn conference in Germany
Friday, Nov 18, 2011
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In pre-election France, sombre support for Sarkozy
He may not be liked, but as Europe grapples with a debt crisis, the French President appears to have convinced his countrymen of his fiscal competence
Wednesday, Nov 16, 2011
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Flamboyant terrorist Carlos the Jackal to take the stage again
Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, already serving a life term, is expected to challenge judges as he goes on trial in Paris for bombings in the early 1980s
Sunday, Nov 06, 2011
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Sarkozy hopes Obama’s glitter rubs off at G20
Praise from President Obama would be a boost for Nicolas Sarkozy, who has long sought to portray himself as a crucial player in international affairs
Friday, Nov 04, 2011
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French newspaper office torched after latest edition mocks sharia law
Arson at the office of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical weekly that invited the Prophet Mohammed to be guest editor, marks latest battle in culture wars
Wednesday, Nov 02, 2011
