Laura Silber is the Vice President for Advocacy and Communications at the

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, where she runs the Communications department and oversees advocacy strategy and public identity. Since 2007 she has been an adjunct professor at

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's School of International and Public Affairs. Prior to joining the Open Society Foundations in 2000, Silber was a contributing writer at ''Talk'' magazine. She covered the

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for the ''

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'' from 1997-99. She was also a visiting scholar at the Remarque Institute at

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. From 1990-1997, she was the

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correspondent for the ''Financial Times'' and covered

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's violent disintegration. She is the co-author, with Allan Little, of ''Yugoslavia: Death of a Nation'' (published as ''The Death of Yugoslavia'' outside of the United States), which was selected for the ''New York Times'' notable book list. She was a consultant to the accompanying 1995 BBC television documentary series, which won the

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, duPont Gold Baton, and

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. The documentary indicted the Serbian and Croatian leadership, revealed their virulent nationalism, and deplored the lack of international intervention. She has contributed to a wide range of publications including ''The New York Times'', ''The Washington Post'', ''The Los Angeles Times'' and ''The New York Review of Books''. Silber was a

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Scholar in

and received a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University and a B.A. from

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.Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs: Faculty Directory
/ref> She lives in New York with her family.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Silber, Laura Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Carleton College alumni School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University alumni Columbia University faculty