Book Talk: Neutrality After 1989

Neutrality in the growing hostility between the US on the one hand and Russia and China on the other is the ardent wish of most states around the world. During the Cold war, neutrality worked out very well for certain states including Finland and Austria; just as since then, it has worked well for states like Singapore and Vietnam. Washington’s policy however has been to try to pull states firmly into the US orbit.

Partly for that reason, neutrality is an under-studied subject, both intellectually and practically. A rare and very valuable book on neutrality in recent decades, Neutrality Since 1989: New Paths in the Post-Cold War World, was edited by Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom. He will be joined by Anatol Lieven, director of the Eurasia program at the Quincy Institute, to discuss the book and the advantages and problems of neutrality for states today.
October 2024

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Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom

Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom is a foreign and security policy researcher and writer. He recently defended his thesis at the University of Cambridge, where he has been researching contemporary European military and diplomatic history. He was previously a visiting researcher at the Swedish Defence University & Stockholm University’s Hans Blix Centre. 

Anatol Lieven (Moderator)

Dr. Anatol Lieven directs the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He was formerly a professor at Georgetown University in Qatar and in the War Studies Department of King’s College London. From 1985 to 1998, Lieven worked as a journalist in South Asia, the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
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