Public Scholarship & Media
A list of selected public scholarship, such as op-eds, analysis, interviews, and research highlighted in the media.
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OP-ED & ANALYSIS
“Does the West still want a democratic Kosovo?” Al Jazeera (July 14, 2023).
“Promoting a Liberal, Democratic Europe—Just Not in the Balkans,” Newsweek (June 12, 2023).
“Regional bias in Western response to humanitarian atrocities,” EURACTIV (Sept. 27, 2022).
“In Eastern Europe, NATO is No Imperialist Force,” The National Interest (June 11, 2022).
“Double standards abound, but only Russia is to blame for its imperialist war in Ukraine,” EURACTIV (April 11, 2022). Republished in Spanish in el Diario, Exit Albania, in German.
“Don’t compare Russia’s war to NATO in Kosovo,” EURACTIV (March 1, 2022). Republished in Exit Albania.
“Is the West still serious about Kosovo’s sovereignty?” TRT World (Sept. 30, 2021).
“'Both Sides': The West’s equalisation of blame enables Balkan aggression,” EURACTIV (Sept. 28, 2021).
“Kosovo must use this moment to reframe the narrative of the past,” Kosovo 2.0 (February 23, 2021).
“The dangers of enflaming false revisionist history in the Balkans,” New Eastern
Europe (May 27, 2020).
“European Interventionism: Lessons Learned and Future Pathways,” European Union Studies Association (EUSA), EU as a Global Actor Interest Section (Nov. 2018).
“A Long Road Ahead for Women in Kosovo,” New Eastern Europe (May-Aug. 2017), 27(3-4), 38-47.
“Social policies don’t always help women and men equally. Which ones work best?” Monkey Cage in Washington Post (January 10, 2017). With I. McManus.
“A Tale of Two Countries: Motherhood in Albania and the US.” Balkanist, March 2016.
“Ancient Hatreds Made Me Do It?” New Eastern Europe, February 2016.
“Romani Women of the Balkans: Battling Intersectional Oppression,” openDemocracy, January 2016. [Republished in Italian, “Essere donne, essere rom,” Frontiere News, July 3, 2016].
“Mitrovica’s Symbol: Reconciliation amidst Inevitability, History, and Violence in Kosovo,” openDemocracy, November 2015.
“Combating a Shared Menace: Terrorism as a Security and Social Threat in the Western Balkans and Beyond,” Aspen Institute Policy Program, September 2015.
“Albanians and the Greek Crisis: Briefing of Economic and Social Concerns,” Balkanist, July 2015.
“Gendered Legacies of Communist Albania,” openDemocracy, July 2015. [Translated in Albanian leading newspaper, “Trashëgimia Gjinore e Shqipërisë Komuniste – Paradoks i Përparimit,” Koha Ditore, August 1, 2015, p. 22].
“Women of Kosovo: A Mirage of Freedom and Equality,” openDemocracy, July 2015. [Republished in TransConflict, July 2015].
“Balkanizing the War on Terror,” E-International Relations (E-IR), March 2015.
“Seven Years of Kosovo’s Hollow Sovereignty,” New Eastern Europe, February 2015. With O. Kushi.
“The Reality of Greece’s Elections: A Double-edged Sword,” Balkanist, January 2015.
“Paranoia over Greater Albania Returns,” New Eastern Europe, January 2015. With O. Kushi.
“Ancient Discontent between Serbs and Albanians: Why Real and Imagined Stories Matter Today,” TransConflict, November 2014.
INterviews & Invited TAlks
Panelist on 2024 Year Ahead Conference, Centre for Security, Intelligence & Defence Studies (CSIDS), Carleton University, Ottawa, CAN, Dec. 7, 2023.
Book Talks on Dying by the Sword: Tufts University, Sept. 20, 2023; Bridgewater State University, Sept. 18, 2023.
Presenter, “Reimagining U.S. Grand Strategy Program,” Stimson Center, July 27, 2023. Related commentary on Inkstick, “Stuck in Our Ways,” Sept. 2023.
Interview, Middle East Eye, “Turkish Bayraktar drone sales to Kosovo spark anger in Serbia,” July 21, 2023.
Panelist invited by Ambassador of Kosovo, Embassy of Kosovo DC, June 16-18, 2023.
Interview for Power Problems Podcast, “Quantifying US Militarism,” March 7, 2023.
Interview for Defense One Radio, “Has US foreign policy become too militarized?” February 2, 2023.
Interview for EURACTIV, “EU might mulled in Kosovo-Serbia Paris rendez-vous,” November 1, 2022.
Interview about research, Battle Tested, Bridgewater State University News, October 13, 2022.
Invited speaker (by President of Kosovo), International Forum for Women, Peace and Security (WPS), Prishtina, Kosovo, October 22-23, 2022.
Interview for the John Quincy Adams Society, “U.S. Military Interventions Abroad: The Full Picture,” September 21, 2022.
Panelist for The Quincy Institute (w/ Mearsheimer and Toft), “The Sugar High of Unipolarity,” September 6, 2022.
Interview for Middle East Eye, “A quarter of America's 400 wars have been in the Middle East and Africa, study finds,” August 12, 2022.
Quoted in Balkan Insight, “British Rightist Ex-Politician Farage Criticised for Attacks in Albanian Migrants,” August 12, 2022.
Invited panelist on Roundtable, Kosovo Question, Next Century Foundation, UK, June 22, 2022.
Video interview on Al Jazeera’s AJB Start, October 29, 2021.
Interview for National Journal (Print and Online), “Advocates press Washington to get tough on Serbia.” Oct. 19, 2021.
Interview for TRT World, “Should the Balkans be worried about rising Serbian nationalism?,” Sept. 28, 2021.
Interview for CEPA, “The Serbia-Kosovo Dialogue: Ripe for Resolution?,” March 2, 2021.
Interview for The Media Line and Jerusalem Post, “Ties that Bind, Ties that Break: The Future of Israeli-Balkans Relations,” Feb. 2, 2021.
Podcast discussant, “Ep47: Can the US facilitate Kosovo-Serbia normalization?” Talk Eastern EuropePodcast (New Eastern Europe), July 2020.
Expert interview for NU News, “Science and Politics: Finding Common Ground,” Feb. 14, 2017.
Expert interview on US elections in Koha Ditore, leading Kosovo newspaper, Nov. 6, 2016.
Expert panelist in Regional Cooperation in Western Balkans conference, Aspen Institute and Ministry of Foreign Affairs & European Integration of Montenegro. Budva, Sept. 14-17, 2015.
Research in Media
MSNBC, Discussing the Military Intervention Project, August 2022.
Responsible Statecraft, “Report: post-9/11 era one of most militarily aggressive in US history,” August 2022.
The Boston Globe, “The Violence of Forgetting,” July 2022.
Harper's Magazine, “Empire Burlesque.” June 2022.
Quincy Institute, “Ending Primacy to End U.S. Wars.” April 2022.
The New Republic, “The Case Against Humane War.” September 2021.
N+1, “Argument Without Argument: Robert Gates and America’s Forever Foreign Policy.” Feb. 2021.
Center for Strategic Studies, “The Intervention Project Gets into Gear,” Oct. 2018.
Curie, “Amerikanska forskare bävar inför Trump” (in Swedish), Feb. 2017.
Washington Post, “What will President Trump mean for science?” Nov. 2016.
Roma Times, “O Romane džuvlja taro Balkani…” (in Romani), Jan. 2016.
Chicago Policy Review, “Do Democrats Always Spend More on Science Funding?” Nov. 2015.
DialogPlus, “Kosovarische Frauen” (in German), Nov. 2015.
Organisation Suisse d'aide aux Réfugiés (OSAR), “Kosovo: Gewalt gegen Frauen und Rückkehr von alleinstehenden Frauen” (in German & French), Oct. 2015.
Mondiaal Nieuws, “Angst voor Groot-Albanië” (in Dutch), April 2015.
Tendencias Globales, “Tendencias de Europa” (in Spanish), 2015.