Michael Bobick
Biographic Data
| ID | 85773 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Bobick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Bobick |
| SIGNATURE | BOBICK M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cornell University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 74 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Sovereignty and the Vicissitudes of Recognition: Peoplehood and Performance in a De Facto State
In this article, I examine the issues of statehood, sovereignty, and recognition through the case of Transnistria, an unrecognized, de facto state located in eastern Moldova. This article explores the relationship between sovereignty and (the lack of) recognition by examining the forms recognition takes vis-à-vis the Transnistrian state and its constituents. I argue that a monopoly on coercion is not sufficient for sovereignty. Rather, a distinct…
Separatism redux: Crimea, Transnistria, and Eurasia's de facto states (Respond to this article at http://www.therai.org.uk/at/debate)
This article compares recent events in Crimea to Transnistria, another de facto, separatist state located in eastern Moldova. The article asks what Crimea and Transnistria, along with Eurasia's other unrecognized states, can tell us about statehood, sovereignty, and a ‘people’ in the 21st century. Though Eurasia's de facto states can be seen as entities that emerged with the backing of the Russian state, their continued existence reflects a wider…
The empire strikes back: War without war and occupation without occupation in the Russian sphere of influence
Russia's recent actions in Ukraine constitute a new form of warfare distinctly suited for a 21st-century battlefield. Through a comparative analysis of the political technologies it has deployed there and in two other conflict zones, Georgia and Moldova, we maintain that Russia is implementing a new political strategy that utilizes fear and intimidation to thwart a further eastward expansion of the European Union and NATO. By masking Russian "occ…
Police aesthetics: Literature, film and the secret police in Soviet Times
Nearly two decades after the fall of communism, the secret police are once again subject to investigation in Cristina Vatulescu’s award-winning monograph Police Aesthetics: Literature, Film and the
Profits of disorder: Images of the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic
This article looks at the multiple constructions that constitute the image of the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic (PMR), a separatist region located in eastern Moldova. The European Union (EU) and the international community construct the area as a ‘black hole’, a security and terrorist concern. The PMR has constructed the state's image on the basis of the memory of collective suffering at the hands of Moldovan oppression, in a fashion that resem…
Symptoms of Modernity: Jews and Queers in Late-Twentieth-Century Vienna
Symptoms of Modernity: Jews and Queers in Late-Twentieth-Century Vienna. Matti Bunzl. Berkeley: University of California Press. 2004. xii. 292pp. notes, references, index. ISBN: 0-520-23842-7 (cloth), 0-520-23842-5 (paper)
The empire strikes back: War without war and occupation without occupation in the Russian sphere of influence
Russia's recent actions in Ukraine constitute a new form of warfare distinctly suited for a 21st-century battlefield. Through a comparative analysis of the political technologies it has deployed there and in two other conflict zones, Georgia and Moldova, we maintain that Russia is implementing a new political strategy that utilizes fear and intimidation to thwart a further eastward expansion of the European Union and NATO. By masking Russian "occ…
Sovereignty and the Vicissitudes of Recognition: Peoplehood and Performance in a De Facto State
In this article, I examine the issues of statehood, sovereignty, and recognition through the case of Transnistria, an unrecognized, de facto state located in eastern Moldova. This article explores the relationship between sovereignty and (the lack of) recognition by examining the forms recognition takes vis-à-vis the Transnistrian state and its constituents. I argue that a monopoly on coercion is not sufficient for sovereignty. Rather, a distinct…
Profits of disorder: Images of the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic
This article looks at the multiple constructions that constitute the image of the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic (PMR), a separatist region located in eastern Moldova. The European Union (EU) and the international community construct the area as a ‘black hole’, a security and terrorist concern. The PMR has constructed the state's image on the basis of the memory of collective suffering at the hands of Moldovan oppression, in a fashion that resem…
Separatism redux: Crimea, Transnistria, and Eurasia's de facto states (Respond to this article at http://www.therai.org.uk/at/debate)
This article compares recent events in Crimea to Transnistria, another de facto, separatist state located in eastern Moldova. The article asks what Crimea and Transnistria, along with Eurasia's other unrecognized states, can tell us about statehood, sovereignty, and a ‘people’ in the 21st century. Though Eurasia's de facto states can be seen as entities that emerged with the backing of the Russian state, their continued existence reflects a wider…
Symptoms of Modernity: Jews and Queers in Late-Twentieth-Century Vienna
Symptoms of Modernity: Jews and Queers in Late-Twentieth-Century Vienna. Matti Bunzl. Berkeley: University of California Press. 2004. xii. 292pp. notes, references, index. ISBN: 0-520-23842-7 (cloth), 0-520-23842-5 (paper)
Profits of disorder: Images of the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic
This article looks at the multiple constructions that constitute the image of the Transnistrian Moldovan Republic (PMR), a separatist region located in eastern Moldova. The European Union (EU) and the international community construct the area as a ‘black hole’, a security and terrorist concern. The PMR has constructed the state's image on the basis of the memory of collective suffering at the hands of Moldovan oppression, in a fashion that resem…
Police aesthetics: Literature, film and the secret police in Soviet Times
Nearly two decades after the fall of communism, the secret police are once again subject to investigation in Cristina Vatulescu’s award-winning monograph Police Aesthetics: Literature, Film and the
Separatism redux: Crimea, Transnistria, and Eurasia's de facto states (Respond to this article at http://www.therai.org.uk/at/debate)
This article compares recent events in Crimea to Transnistria, another de facto, separatist state located in eastern Moldova. The article asks what Crimea and Transnistria, along with Eurasia's other unrecognized states, can tell us about statehood, sovereignty, and a ‘people’ in the 21st century. Though Eurasia's de facto states can be seen as entities that emerged with the backing of the Russian state, their continued existence reflects a wider…
The empire strikes back: War without war and occupation without occupation in the Russian sphere of influence
Russia's recent actions in Ukraine constitute a new form of warfare distinctly suited for a 21st-century battlefield. Through a comparative analysis of the political technologies it has deployed there and in two other conflict zones, Georgia and Moldova, we maintain that Russia is implementing a new political strategy that utilizes fear and intimidation to thwart a further eastward expansion of the European Union and NATO. By masking Russian "occ…
Sovereignty and the Vicissitudes of Recognition: Peoplehood and Performance in a De Facto State
In this article, I examine the issues of statehood, sovereignty, and recognition through the case of Transnistria, an unrecognized, de facto state located in eastern Moldova. This article explores the relationship between sovereignty and (the lack of) recognition by examining the forms recognition takes vis-à-vis the Transnistrian state and its constituents. I argue that a monopoly on coercion is not sufficient for sovereignty. Rather, a distinct…
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