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.
Category Archives: Current affairs
Interview with News.Az
To mark the anniversary of the August 2008 war, the English language Azerbaijani web site News.Az conducted a series of interviews with various specialists on the Caucasus. There are interesting interviews with Lincoln Mitchell and Hans Gotbrod. My interview sought … Continue reading
Posted in Caucasus conflict, Current affairs, Georgia, Nagorno-Karabakh, South Ossetia
Tagged interview, Karabakh, Northern Ireland
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More on the Geographies of Violent Death
The events in Aurora this weekend re-awakened some horrible memories for those associated with Virginia Tech. In discussions on television and elsewhere, ‘Virginia Tech’ has unfortunately joined the litany of names of horrific acts of mass violence perpetrated by deranged … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Congo, Current affairs, Geography, Washington D.C.
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Powerless in DC
Washington DC has been through an eventful few weeks, and the action is not all at the White House, Supreme Court and in Congress. A ‘microburst’ weather storm left many residents without power on the 21st of June (including our … Continue reading
Posted in Current affairs, Obama, Presidency, Washington D.C.
Tagged climate change, electrical power, global warming, hot weather, Washington DC
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Geographies of Massacres
A government under severe pressure from rebels unleashes violence that results in a massacre of families, women and children especially. This is the horror scene we’ve seen for the last few weeks in international affairs. But its is hardly confined … Continue reading
Orientalism and War
A new edited volume, Orientalism and War, edited by Tarak Barkawi and Keith Stanski, will appear soon published by Columbia/Hurst. Asked to blurb it, I took some time to read the chapters, some of which I found to be intellectually … Continue reading
Mladic Goes on Trial
In early September 2004 I flew to the Hague for an academic conference from Istanbul (where I remember watching the horror at Beslan unfold on BBC TV). I took a day off from the conference to visit the ICTY court … Continue reading
Posted in Current affairs
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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
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
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