Talks
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The EU as a Global Conflict Manager
25 Jan 2012 @ Cambridge
This talk at the Cambridge International Studies Association analyses European Union’s increasing role as a conflict manager.
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The politics of self-determination in Moldova and Transnistria
10 Jan 2012 @ London School of Economics
My talk for the LSEE Visiting Speakers Programme focused on the prospects of resolving the...
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One challenge or two? Peace-building and state-building in post-secession Sudan
17 Dec 2011 @ School of Oriental and African Studies | London
My contribution to this conference on “Challenges and Prospects of State-Building in Post-Secession Sudan” offers a conceptual perspective on the dual challenges of peace-building and state-building in post-secession Sudan, focusing on the degree to which the two can be expected to succeed simultaneously.
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Re-thinking the European Neighbourhood Policy
14 Dec 2011 @ Dublin
This public lecture at the Institute of International and European Affairs in Dublin considers how the EU’s Neighbourhood Policy has evolved from an ‘alternative to enlargement’ to a regional foreign and security policy.
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Ethnic Accommodation and Power-Sharing: 10 Years after the Ohrid Framework Agreement
9 Dec 2011 @ Cambridge
The success of the Ohrid Framework Agreement of 2001 was possible because institutions of territorial self-governance were carefully designed to match the specific context of the situation in Macedonia, the international community, especially NATO and the EU, were ready to assist in the negotiation, implementation and operation of the agreement, and above all local leaders from both communities were, and are, willing and able to commit credibly to peaceful coexistence.
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The situation of Turkmen in Iraq
5 Dec 2011 @ Brussels
I’ll be giving evidence at on the minority rights situation in Iraq at this hearing...
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Post-conflict State Building: The Debate on Institutional Choice
17 Nov 2011 @ Columbia University
This talk starts with the observation that a significant theoretical and empirical question underlying much...
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The EU as a Conflict Manager
2 Nov 2011 @ Helsinki
Looking at the strengths and weaknesses of EU conflict management, my talk will assess the...
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The Aland Example of International Conflict Resolution
1 Nov 2011 @ Mariehamn
This conference concludes a two-year research project by the Åland Islands Peace Institute on the...
