Jeffery Mankoff

The aim of Mr. Mankoff 's research project is to analyze how Russian policy makers, especially the Foreign Ministry and the military command structures, before and during the First World War, dealt with the challenges to its security posed by potentially disloyal minority groups along its border with her rivals, Austria-Hungary and Germany. By looking into how the government of a multinational state deal with these issues, Mr. Mankoff hopes to draw theoretical conclusions that can be applied to contemporary policy dilemmas , such as those in Chechnya and Bosnia.