Example Policy and Commentary
I am called upon frequently by the BBC and other state media outlets to provide commentary and historical context for political developments in the Balkan region, especially on the legacy of war and war-crimes in Former Yugoslavia.
Below is a non-exhaustive list of further policy and public engagement activity I have carried out. I've only included (and linked) items where the content is still available online; a complete list would be considerably longer.
20 May 22: Impact Case Study for 2021 REF exercise [link]
Promoting Civil Society-led Approaches to Post-Conflict Reconciliation.
27 Apr 22: Oral Evidence to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe [link]
Evidence I provided was cited extensively in the Council of Europe report "Justice and security for women in peace reconciliation"
10 Dec 18: Interview with "Danas" [link]
I did an interview with leading Serbian daily newspaper "Danas" on reconcilliation and refusing to face a difficult past
13 Jun 18: Written Evidence to the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee [link]
I submitted written evidence to the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee Balkans Inquiry.
14 Sep 17: Written Evidence to the International Relations Committee of The House of Lords [link]
I submitted written evidence to The House of Lords International Relations Committee, which was cited in their inquiry report, "The UK and the future of the Western Balkans".
08 May 17: TEDx Talk: "What we Should have Known" [link]
I gave a TEDx talk at the LSE
08 Feb 11: Policy Analysis for EU Institute for Security Studies [link]
Serbian Elections: Who has actually won and what does this mean for the EU? Opinion - n°0, February 2008, Balkan Crisis Room, European Union: Institute for Security Studies, Paris
25 Oct 10: Article in Oxford Analytica [link]
Serbia/EU: Recognising Kosovo remains a deal-breaker, Oxford Analytica.
29 Jan 10: Policy Analysis for European Parliament [link]
Analysis of the 2009 Annual Programme for Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244/99) under the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) in the Context of the 2009 Enlargement Package, Directorate General External Policies of the Union, European Parliament, 2010.
12 Oct 09: Article in Oxford Analytica [link]
Serbia: Refusal to curb extremists will exact costs, Oxford Analytica
22 Oct 07: Article in Oxford Analytica [link]
Montenegro and Milosevic: edging towards the Rubicon, Strategic Comment, International Institute of Strategic Studies, 6(2), 2000.
22 Oct 07: Strategic Comment - International Institute of Strategic Studies [link]
Growing protest in Serbia: is Milosevic doomed?, Strategic Comment, International Institute of Strategic Studies, 5(8), 1999.
29 Aug 07: Article in Oxford Analytica [link]
Serbia: anti-Nato rhetoric could rebound on Belgrade, Oxford Analytica
09 Aug 07: Article in Oxford Analytica [link]
Serbia/EU: Kosovo may outweigh EU accession ambition, Oxford Analytica
04 Apr 07: Article for Institute of War & Peace Reporting [link]
Comment: Kosovo Serbs pay price for boycott
15 Feb 07: Interview with The Guardian [link]
Violent Past plague's Pristina's ambition
01 May 02: Article for Institute of War & Peace Reporting [link]
Comment: Belgrade’s Kosovo policy endangers local Serbs
12 Sep 99: Article in the Washington Post [link]
Kosovo’s peace must start on separate paths