Category Archives: Current affairs

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 →

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 →

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 →

Earlier this week, Tom De Waal organized a superb two day conference on the South Caucasus After 20 Years. The sessions were very well attended and the level of analysis critical and realistic, with next to no nationalist posturing or … Continue reading →

On Saturday the 19th I presented at the ASEEES on the topic of ‘Contemporary Geopolitical Attitudes in Abkhazia and South Ossetia: Some Survey Evidence’ to an early morning audience of about 30 people. In the next two months I will … Continue reading →

The book discussion of Worlds Apart: Bosnian Lessons for Global Security at the Wilson Center was very well attended. Ambassador Hunt was very dynamic in presentation and we had an excellent discussion of the book. She presented six lessons from … Continue reading →

I’ve been reading Worlds Apart: Bosnian Lessons for Global Security, the new book by Swanee Hunt who served as US Ambassador to Austria during the Bosnian War. She’s done terrific work in bringing gender into the discussion of violence, conflict … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →