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Vesko Gar\u010devi\u0107, Director<\/h3>\n

EMAIL: veskog@bu.edu<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/span>Vesko Gar\u010devi\u0107<\/b>\u00a0is Professor of the Practice of International Relations at the Pardee School of Global Studies. Gar\u010devi\u0107 served as the Ambassador of Montenegro in Brussels (NATO) and Vienna (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe \u2013 OSCE and other International Organizations). He was a Montenegrin Ambassador to Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. During his diplomatic career he held important positions at the challenging political time of the dissolution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and democratic transition of Montenegro. After Montenegro regained independence in 2006, he served as the first Montenegrin Ambassador to Austria and the OSCE. He has outstanding knowledge of multilateral issues, especially in the field of European Security.<\/p>\n

Ambassador Gar\u010devi\u0107 participated in prestigious international conferences on security such as German Marshall Fund\u2019s Brussels Forum, Munich Security Conference and Halifax International Security Forum. With his qualifications he contributed as the panelist to many conferences and seminars about European security, security of South East Europe and Western Balkans. He also participated in many high-level meetings, including NATO Summits, UN General Assembly meetings and ministerial conferences. He was interviewed or quoted by numerous internationally renowned media outlets such as BBC, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Voice of America etc. He participated in the International Visitor Leadership Program in 2004 and was awarded Honorary Citizen Certificate by the State of Texas.<\/p>\n

Ambassador Gar\u010devi\u0107 co-authored a book about the relations between Serbia and Montenegro: Montenegro and Serbia: A Velvet Divorce?(Bloomsbury Academic) which will be released in February 2025. This is the first comprehensive analysis of the often divergent history between Serbia and Montenegro in the tumultuous period between 1988 and 2023.<\/p>\n

Ambassador Gar\u010devi\u0107\u2019s areas of expertise include multilateral diplomacy, European security, EU enlargement and NATO open door policy, democratic transition in Eastern and South-East Europe, the Western Balkans, and diplomacy of small states in global affairs. For a full bio and publication list, please visit Amb. Gar\u010devi\u0107\u2019s profile on the Pardee School’s webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Robert Trottier, Communications Assistant<\/h3>\n

EMAIL: rt23@bu.edu<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n

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Robert Trottier<\/strong> [LinkedIn<\/a>] <\/span>joined the Center for the Study of Europe as Communications Assistant in February 2026. He is a first-year Master\u2019s candidate in International Affairs at Boston University\u2019s Pardee School of Global Studies, specializing in Diplomacy. Robert comes to this role with a strong academic foundation in global politics and policy analysis, as well as hands-on experience in international research and institutional engagement.<\/p>\n

Before joining BU, Robert completed an undergraduate double honours degree in Politics & International Relations and Criminology at the University of Western Ontario. His research has taken him to Ethiopia, where he conducted fieldwork on global market access, trade, and development in collaboration with high-ranking officials from the African Union, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Canadian Embassy, and the European Union.<\/p>\n

At the Center, Robert aims to help streamline collaborations between students and the Center\u2019s leadership, while supporting the efficiency and academic initiatives that advance its mission.<\/p>\n

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