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About Eric Gordy

Eric Gordy is senior lecturer in southeast European studies at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) at University College, London. His books include The Culture of Power in Serbia: Nationalism and the Destruction of Alternatives (Pennsylvania State University Press, 1999), and (forthcoming) Postwar Guilt and Responsibility: Serbia and the Future of International Justice. His articles include "Confronting the Past in Serbia: Discussion, Opportunities and Obstacles", in Wolfgang Petritsch et al eds., Serbia Matters: Domestic Reforms and European Integration (Nomos, 2009); "Ugliness and Distance", in Adam Jones ed., Evoking Genocide: Scholars and Activists Describe the Works that Shaped their Lives (Key Press, 2009); and (with Jasna Dragović-Soso) "Coming to Terms With the Past: Transitional Justice and Reconciliation in the Former Yugoslavia", in Dejan Djokic & James Ker-Lindsay eds., New Perspectives on Yugoslavia: Key Issues and Controversies (Routledge, 2011)

Articles by Eric Gordy

Wednesday 27th July

ICTY vs Mladić-Hadžić: good defence, better history

Eric Gordy, 27 July 2011
The arrests of the wartime Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladić and the Croatian Serb president Goran Hadžić are a vital step in completing the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. In the context of previous trials, their courtroom testimony promises to deepen understanding of the conflicts and crimes of the 1990s, says Eric Gordy.
Wednesday 14th April

Serbia’s mixed messages

Eric Gordy, 14 April 2010
The war-crimes trials that divide the states of post-Yugoslavia underline the temptations of retreat to the nationalist past, says Eric Gordy.
Wednesday 18th February

Kosovo and Serbia, one year after: a quiet compromise?

Eric Gordy, 18 February 2009
The bitter atmospherics of the Serbia-Kosovo dispute tell only part of a complex story 
Tuesday 22nd July

Radovan Karadzic: the politics of an arrest

Eric Gordy, 22 July 2008
A key fugitive from the ex-Yugoslavia wars is held. Who gains?
Monday 12th May

Serbia’s political carousel

Eric Gordy, 12 May 2008
The outcome of Serbia's fourth election in two years passes the advantage to the political power-brokers
Tuesday 5th February

Serbia chooses a future, just

Eric Gordy, 5 February 2008
Boris Tadic’s re-election as president opens a time of even greater test for democracy in Serbia
Monday 21st January

Serbia’s presidential election: the best-laid plans...

Eric Gordy, 21 January 2008
Serbia's inconclusive vote was less about Kosovo and more about Belgrade's political dynamics
Tuesday 2nd October

Serbia’s Kosovo claim: much ado about...

Eric Gordy, 2 October 2007

Belgrade is raising the heat over Kosovo's future. Why?

Tuesday 23rd January

Serbia's elections: less of the same

Eric Gordy, 23 January 2007
The ultra-nationalist radicals are the largest party but far from the winners. Eric Gordy explains a Serbian paradox and looks ahead to a delicate post-election dance.
Friday 17th March

The Milosevic account

Eric Gordy, 17 March 2006
If no governing authority judges Milosevic's life and rule, those who depended on his power will dream of his vindication and their return to power, says Eric Gordy.
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