Peter Eltsov
Senior Fellow
Regional and Analytical Studies
National Defence University
United States of America
Biography
Dr.Peter Eltsov is an anthropologist, historian, and political scientist. He has conducted field-work in South and Central Asia (including the conflict-ridden areas of the North West Frontier Province and Baluchistan in western Pakistan), the Middle East, the Northern Caucasus, and Crimea. He has held positions as an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the Institute for the Cultures and Languages of South Asia at Free University in Berlin, Germany; a John W. Kluge Fellow at the Library of Congress; a Research Associate at the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University; and a Lecturer at Wellesley College.
Research Interest
International affairs and security in South and Central Asia, the Caucasus, Russia and Ukraine - The use and abuse of the past in modern politics - History, archaeology, and war - Statehood and national identity
