Author Archives: Dr Gerard Toal

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About Dr Gerard Toal

Irish born academic living in Washington DC researching geopolitical competition and territorial conflicts in post-Communist Europe. Author of CRITICAL GEOPOLITICS (1996), BOSNIA REMADE (w C Dahlman) and NEAR ABROAD: PUTIN, THE WEST AND THE CONTEST OVER UKRAINE AND THE CAUCASUS (Oxford University Press, 2017).

The Arab Spring?

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Dr Gerard Toal

This op ed is currently published in the Association of American Geographers Newsletter. The street protests in Tunis that lead to the ouster of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, an autocrat who governed Tunisia since 1987, have emboldened disenfranchised … Continue reading →

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European Affairs

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Dr Gerard Toal

I am interviewed in the latest edition of the online journal European Affairs from the European Institute on Bosnia-Hercegovina. http://www.europeaninstitute.org/European-Affairs/

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Talk at Columbia

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Dr Gerard Toal

John O’Loughlin and I will talk on our 2010 social survey in Abkhazia at the Harriman Institute at Columbia University on the 17th of February. The talk is scheduled from 4 pm to 6 pm in the Garden Room, Faculty … Continue reading →

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A New Web Site

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Dr Gerard Toal

It has taken too long but I’ve finally managed, thanks to the joys of a sabbatical, to construct a new web site. I have done so as Bosnia Remade finally appears, another much delayed project that is finally reaching fruition. … Continue reading →

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