Director Government and International Affairs
Virginia Tech,
1021 Prince Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, USAPopular Categories
Blogroll
- Progressive Geographies Thinking about place and power
Professional Affiliation
- Government and International Affairs The Government and International Affairs program at Virginia Tech
- Political Geography Specialty Group Blog Association of American Geographers Political Geography Specialty Group
- The School of Public and International Affairs School of Public and International Affairs at Virginia Tech
Research Projects
- Bosnia Remade A blog devoted to the book Bosnia Remade
- Critical Geopolitics Critical Geopolitics blog (in formation)
- The De Facto States Project The De Facto States Project
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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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Libya
(Written for Irish Times 22 March but unpublished) Here we go again. Tomahawk missiles are launched from ships a safe distance from the battleground. Jet fighters fly overhead picking off tanks and establishing aerial dominance. A plane crashes but fortunately … Continue reading
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Ashdown op ed on no fly zone
Paddy Ashdown had an op ed in today’s Financial Times that I found very interesting. It makes the connections between the situation in Libya today and Bosnia. Here’s a link to the op ed A few comments: 1. The ‘quarter … 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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The Arab Spring?
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
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
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
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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