Critical Geopoltiics- 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
- Short Public Affairs Articles in 2023.
- Public Opinion in Frontline Ukrainian Cities in 2022
- Six months of bloody war in Ukraine
- New Research: Ukrainian attitudes toward territorial compromises.
Author Archives: Dr Gerard Toal
Talk at Columbia University
I will be giving a talk at the Harriman Institute of Columbia University on Tuesday 1 November 2011 at noon entitled ‘After Ethnic Cleansing: Bosnian Lessons for the Caucasus?’ I will be following in the footsteps of Milorad Dodik, President … Continue reading
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In Uncertain Times
The distinguished historian Melvyn Leffler presented his latest edited collection (with Jeffrey Legro) at the Woodrow Wilson Center yesterday: In Uncertain Times: American Foreign Policy after the Berlin Wall and 9/11 (Cornell UP). It brings together practitioners and academics, policy … Continue reading
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Worth Reading
One of the joys, and also frustrations, of living in Washington DC is that there are so many interesting talks going on around town, and so many interesting people to see. Add to that the regular flow of interesting articles … Continue reading
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Lessons from Bosnia’s return process for Nagorny Karabakh?
Over a year ago the British NGO Conciliation Resources asked me to write an essay as a starting point for a track two dialogue among a group of policy scholars from Armenia, Stepanakert and Azerbaijan on the question of ‘return … Continue reading
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Slides from IERES GW Talk
On Friday last John O’Loughlin and I talked to a full seminar room at George Washington on our research findings in three of the Eurasian ‘De Facto States’ (the emergent consensual term among academics though this is at variance with … Continue reading
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Forthcoming Talk at IERES, George Washington University
John O’Loughlin and I will be talking on Friday May 20, 2001 from 3:00 to 5:00 pm in the Voesar Conference Room, 1957 E Street, Suite 412 on our research on de facto states. The talk will be a ‘world … Continue reading
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After the ASN: what’s next
The Association for the Study of Nationalities conference in New York is one of the best conferences out there for students of the intersections of geopolitics, identity and conflict. This year’s conference was excellent: very stimulating panels and sessions with … Continue reading
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Can Nagorny Karabakh benefit from Bosnia’s experience with return and restitution?
This question is the subject of a paper I have written for Conciliation Resources publication Accord which is devoted to the question of ‘return and its alternatives’ in that conflict. The issue features analysts based in Yerevan, Stepanakert, and Baku. … Continue reading
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Is Bosnia Unsustainable?
I have recently written an article, together with a Ph D student here Adis Maksic, with this title. It appears in the current edition of the journal Eurasian Geography and Economics. The print version of the journal has a mistake … Continue reading
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Book Presentation
Carl Dahlman and I present Bosnia Remade at the Wilson Center this Wednesday 9th March. For details click here
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