Amb. Fletcher Burton

Amb. Fletcher Burton

Ambassador Fletcher M. Burton is the former head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is a senior career member of the U.S. Foreign Service. Over his career, he compiled extensive experience in the Balkans, especially in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo. He served as deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo, and as deputy international civilian representative at the International Civilian Office. He was also deputy principal officer at the U.S. Office in Pristina and most recently, head of the U.S. Provincial Reconstruction Team in Kirkuk, Iraq.

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The crisis of crisis management

The crisis of crisis management

over 10 years ago // Conflict in Context

A crisis is not an isolated decision but more like a point on a line defined by earlier decisions. Ambassador Fletcher Burton, former head of the Bosnia-Herzegovina mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, offers eight principles to confront crises.