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David B. Kanin
Adjunct Professor of European Studies and Senior Analyst, Central Intelligence Agency

Expertise by Geographic Area:
The Balkans; Russia; the EU

Expertise by Issue:
Conflict in the Balkans; Communist Yugoslavia; Foreign Policy towards the Balkans; History of the Balkan region

Background and Education:
Director of Ethnic and Religious Identity Studies, National Intelligence Council, 2008-present; Senior Analyst, DCI Red Cell, Central Intelligence Agency (C.I.A.), 2001-2008; Senior Analyst, Interagency Balkan Task Force, C.I.A., 1996-2001; Member of the U.S. Delegation to the Ramoubillet Peace Talks on Kosovo, 1999; Instructor in Comparative Cultural Stuidies, National-Louis University, 1999; Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Europe, National Intelligence Council, C.I.A., 1993-1996; Chief, East Europe Branch, Office of Leadership Analysis, C.I.A., 1988-1993; Political Analyst, C.I.A., 1978-1988; Member of the U.S. Delegation to the Madrid Review Conference on the CSCE, 1981; Lecturer in International Politics and European Political Systems, Boston College, 1977-1978; Instructor in International Relations, Communist Theory and Systems, and American Politics, Framingham State College, 1976-1978; Teaching Assistant in International Relations and Soviet Foreign Policy, 1976
Ph.D (1976) and M.A. in International Politics, Soviet and European Political and Security Studies, and Transnational Organisations, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University; B.A. in International Affairs, The George Washington Universit

Publications:
'Observations on Big Men, Corruption, and Organised Crime in the Balkans' (International Politics, 2003); 'The State, its Dysfunction, and Ours' (International Politics, 1997), 'North Korea' (Yearbook on International Communist Affairs, 1990)

Courses Taught:
The Balkans: From Fragmentation to What? (Spring)

Contact Information:
Email: Dakanin@aol.com

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