Neil Melvin
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Dr. Neil Melvin is an expert on contemporary forms of conflict and the current Director of the SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) Armed Conflict and Conflict Management Programme. Dr Melvin has extensive experience both as a researcher and as a policy practitioner. He has published widely on issues of conflict, with a particular focus on ethno-religious issues in the former Soviet Union and in Asia. In recent years he has broadened his research interests to consider the impact of resources on conflict, notably the issue of energy and conflict.
)'s High Commissioner on National Minorities (2001–2005). He served as a Reader in International Conflict Analysis at the Brussels School of International Studies
(2008–2010) and worked at a variety of leading policy institutes in Europe such as the Center for European Policy Studies.
in Politics from St. Antony's College, Oxford University, in 1992, and subsequently served as post-doctoral fellow at the Russian Research Center of Harvard University
. He was also the recipient of a British Academy post-doctoral research fellowship at the London School of Economics
.
Policy Paper No. 20 (September 2007).
Professional life
Prior to joining SIPRI, he held Senior Adviser positions in the Energy Charter Secretariat (2008–2010) and for the OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in EuropeOrganization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe is the world's largest security-oriented intergovernmental organization. Its mandate includes issues such as arms control, human rights, freedom of the press and fair elections...
)'s High Commissioner on National Minorities (2001–2005). He served as a Reader in International Conflict Analysis at the Brussels School of International Studies
Brussels School of International Studies
The University of Kent's The Brussels School of International Studies is a specialised postgraduate school offering international studies in Brussels, Belgium. Students benefit from the advantages of a degree from a British university offered by its location in the 'Capital of Europe'...
(2008–2010) and worked at a variety of leading policy institutes in Europe such as the Center for European Policy Studies.
Education
Melvin received his Ph.DDoctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
in Politics from St. Antony's College, Oxford University, in 1992, and subsequently served as post-doctoral fellow at the Russian Research Center of Harvard University
Harvard University
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. He was also the recipient of a British Academy post-doctoral research fellowship at the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
.
Publications
- Engaging Central Asia: The European Union's New Strategy in the Heart of Eurasia (2008)
- Conflict in Southern Thailand: Islamism, Violence and the State in the Patani Insurgency, SIPRI
Policy Paper No. 20 (September 2007).
- Building Stability in the North Caucasus: The way forward for Russia and the European Union, SIPRI Policy Paper No. 16 (April 2007).
- Soviet Power and the Countryside: Policy Innovation and Institutional Decay (Palgrave/Macmillan, 2003).
- Guest Editor of a Special Edition of Helsinki Monitor devoted to Central Asia (November 2003).
- Uzbekistan: Transition to Authoritarianism on the Silk Road (London: Routledge, 2000).
- Nations Abroad: Diaspora Politics and International Relations in the Former Soviet Union (Boulder, Col.: Westview, 1998), editor and chapter contributor "Russians: Diaspora and the End of Empire".
- Regional Foreign Policies in the Russian Federation (London: Chatham House, 1995).
- Russians Beyond Russia: The Politics of National Identity (London: Pinter, 1995).
- Forging the New Russian Nation: Russian Foreign Policy and the Russian-speaking Communities of the Former USSR, Chatham House Discussion Paper, no. 50 (1994).