Critical Geopoltiics- Ukraine’s remarkable protests and whether it should draft all its young men
- Which leaders do Ukrainians trust most?
- Trump as an enemy
- Book Forum on my book: Oceans Rise Empires Fall
- New Publication: What Did the Donbas Want? The attitudes of ordinary people on the eve of the invasion.
- Will Ukraine Be Forced to Give Up Territory?
- Territorial Taboo or Territorial Trading in the Russian War against Ukraine?
- Oceans Rise Empires Fall is published in the USA
- Text of remarks for Kennan Institute’s “Why Ukraine Matters” series.
- On my new book: Oceans Rise Empires Fall
Author Archives: Dr Gerard Toal
Nationalism in New York City
With fragile economic conditions across the globe, it does seem that strong nationalist rhetoric and fear about globalization, immigration and loose borders is with us more than ever (the Dutch government collapse, Le Pen’s showing in France, the worrying situation … Continue reading
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Tagged Association for Study of Nationalties, conference, Karabakh, New York City
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The Bosnian War Twenty Years Ago
This week marks the twentieth anniversary of the Bosnian War. Its a time for remembrance, of the circumstances that created it, the people who planned it, the perpetrators and the victims. Most of the focus will be on Sarajevo later … Continue reading
Companion to Critical Geopolitics
About three years ago Klaus Dodds, Alan Ingram and Merje Kuus convinced Ashgate to establish a book series with the title Critical Geopolitics. Since then the series has seen the publication of four volumes: Europe in the World, Reconstructing Conflict, Mapping the End … Continue reading
Researching the Founding Fathers: Karadzic and Mladic
Last Friday I attended a conference entitled fY + 20 (the former Yugoslavia plus 20 years) organized by my co-author Dr Carl Dahlman at the Miami University in Oxford Ohio (with the help of others and sponsoring institutions). It was … Continue reading
In the Land of Blood and Honey
I finally managed to see In the Land of Blood and Honey, the directorial and writing debut of Angelina Jolie, and at our wonderful historic neighborhood cinema, the Avalon. There’s nothing like leaving home ten minutes before showtime and walking … Continue reading
Posted in Bosnian war, Current affairs, Gender, Masculinity, Washington D.C.
Tagged Angelina Jolie, Bosnia, film
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Obama’s Freudian Slip: Georgia (Not) On My Mind
The Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili is in Washington DC these days, meeting with President Obama at the White House on Monday, talking yesterday at the World Bank, and tomorrow at Georgetown which I plan to attend. A funny thing happened … Continue reading
Posted in Current affairs, Georgia, Obama, Presidency, Putin, Washington D.C.
Tagged democracy, Freudian slip, neuropolitics, Putin, Saakashvili, White House
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Happy Birthday Republika Srpska!
Milorad Dodik, President of the Republika Srpska entity in Bosnia-Herzegovina, held a ’20th birthday party’ for the entity on 9 January 2012. That was the date that Radovan Karadzic and the rest of the leadership of the Serb Democratic Party … Continue reading
New Publication on Abkhazia and Georgian IDPs
The current edition of Eurasian Geography and Economics Vol LII, No. 5 (September-October) features a Symposium on Conflict in the Caucasus comprising three research articles. I have written one of these together with Magdalena Frichova Grono, a former Research Associate … Continue reading
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Lecture at my alma mater, the National University of Ireland, Maynooth
This Thursday, 8 December 2011, I am scheduled to give a public lecture as part of the public celebrations surrounding the 40th anniversary of the Geography Department at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. I got my undergraduate degree from … Continue reading
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Harriman Institute conference on the Frozen Conflicts 20 years on
This conference, organized by Alex Cooley and Lincoln Mitchell, featured three excellent panel discussions, all of which were video taped and are now available on Columbia University’s YouTube channel. For Panel 1 click here. I recommend this for those seeking … Continue reading
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