The Steppe and Early European State Formation

Abstract

It is not a self-evident thing for a group of scholars to invite an outsider who has studied the home turf of that group to open one of their conferences. I am extremely pleased to be here, and I want to make the most of the opportunity by calling attention to an area of study that my previous work has been pointing me to, and that I believe we who study International Relations (IR) should make our own.

Keywords

Steppe, Europe, State Formation, International Relations

Citation

Neumann, Iver B., “The Steppe and Early European State Formation”, International Relations, Volume 8, No 30 (Summer 2011), p. 3-12.

Affiliations

• Iver B. NEUMANN, Professor and Director of Research, Norwegian Institute of International Relations