Edited Volumes

Russia’s War against Ukraine: Implications for the Future of the OSCE

Co-edited with Cornelius Friesendorf, this volume brings together twenty perspectives from across the OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions. The questions we collective address centre on whether the OSCE can survive.

Minority Languages in Europe

Minority languages are part of Europe's shared cultural heritage and there is a broad consensus that it is important to protect and encourage linguistic and cultural diversity during the process of continuing European integration. But what legislative and policy...

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Coming Home to Germany?

Ethnic cleansing has been one of the phenomena that have shaped the 20th century from its first decade to its last, and Europe continues to have to deal with the consequences of forced population transfers. One of the most significant events of this kind has been the...

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Peace at Last?

Spanning more than thirty years, and costing over 3000 lives, the conflict in and over Northern Ireland has been one of the most protracted ethnic conflicts in Western Europe. After several failed attempts to resolve the fundamental differences over national belonging...

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German Minorities in Europe

The study of ethnic minorities and their role in the domestic politics of their host states has long attracted scholars from a wide range of disciplines in the social sciences and humanities. By contrast, national (or external) minorities, have been under-represented...

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