Here she began work on a book, to be published by Times Books-Random House, which examines American responses to genocide since the Holocaust. The Open Society Institute has awarded Power an Individual Project Fellowship for the book. From 1993-1996 Power covered the wars in the former Yugoslavia as a reporter for the US News and World Report and the Economist. While at ICG, she authored and co-authored numerous ICG prescriptive and analytical reports on such subjects as the Brcko Arbitration, the Mostar Municipal Elections and the need for postponement of Bosnia's first National Elections.
Power is a frequent contributor to the New Republic.
Power moved to the United States from Ireland in 1979.