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Holds degrees in history from the University of Paris I-Sorbonne, political science from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (IEP), a Master’s in Soviet Studies from Harvard University (1974) and a Ph.D. in history of international relations from the University of Paris I (1978). Former associated researcher at the Russian Research Center, Harvard University (1974-1975); Eastern Europe expert for the BBC World Service (1977-1982); executive director of the International Commission for the Balkans, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (1995-1996); member of the Independent International Commission on Kosovo (1999-2000); and visiting professor at the Department of Government, Harvard University (2006). Editor-in-chief of Transeuropéennes (1992-2003). Advisor to the President of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Havel (1990-1992); advisor to the European Commission since 2007.
Member of the scientific committee of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague (since 1998); visiting professor at the College of Europe, Bruges (since 1999); member of the scientific board of the Prague Institute of International Relations (since 2007).
Participates in the CERI Transversal Projects “Beliefs and Practices of Democracy” and “The End of Violence.”
Teaching
- Sciences Po: “Trajectories of democratization and European integration”; “Central Europe, the Balkans and the new neighborhood of the EU” (Master’s level)
- College of Europe, Bruges: The Great Europe: EU and its neighbors”
Research interests
- Democratic transition in Eastern Europe and the Balkans
- European integration (the enlargement of the EU and neighborhood policies).
- Nationalism: the demise of federal States and the building of the Nation-State in Eastern Europe