Garčević Speaks During Eastern Mediterranean Security and Diplomacy Seminar
Ambassador Vesko Garčević, Professor of the Practice of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, participated in the Eastern Mediterranean Security and Diplomacy Seminar. The event was a collaboration between Emmanuel College’s Institute of Eastern Mediterranean Studies (IEMS), The Fletcher Initiative on Religion, Law and Diplomacy, the Fletcher School, Tufts University, and the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Romania.
Garčević took part in two panels: The Western Balkans and the Great Power Challengers, on January 13 and the concluding panel, A Changing America and a Dynamic Eastern Mediterranean, held on January 16. Given the significance of the Eastern Mediterranean for United States strategic interests and values, discussions focused on potential policy shifts with the incoming Biden administration.
The seminar addressed the multi-faceted, intersectional issues of significance for regional, transregional, and global terms, by considering issues such as climate change, migration, energy resources and security, religious-cultural identities and soft power, public health pandemics, and inter- and intra-state relations. It featured scholars and practitioners from across the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and Caucasus, and the Transatlantic space.
Details of the event can be found on the IEMS website.
During his diplomatic career, Ambassador Vesko Garčević dealt with issues pertinent to European security and NATO for almost 14 years. In 2004, he was posted in Vienna to serve as Ambassador to Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. He had been a Montenegro’s Ambassador to NATO from 2010 until 2014 and served as a Montenegro’s National Coordinator for NATO from 2015 until he joined the faculty at the Pardee School. Learn more about Garčević on his faculty profile.