Antonio Moneo is the Diplomacy and International Strategy Executive Masters Programme Assistant at LSE IDEAS, where he previously worked as the Balkan International Affairs Programme assistant, web and video editor.
He obtained his Ph.D. in Political Science at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Spain), in which he explored the constitutional transformations in Yugoslavia (1946-1989). His research focuses on the institutionalization of authoritarian regimes, the Cold War, the Balkans, the post-electoral revolutions in Eurasia and most recently on Spain and the Mediterraneanin the Cold War.
He has been a fellow at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia and a visiting fellow at LSE IDEAS (UK, 2009), the Faculty of Political Sciences in Belgrade (Serbia, 2008) and at the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights (Serbia, 2007). Parallel to his research, he has also worked as an international election observer for OSCE/ODIHR where he has participated as short-term observer (Macedonia, 2006;Serbia, 2006;Montenegro, 2009) and long-term observer (Georgia, 2008).
After finishing his Ph.D. in 2011, he is focusing on the fields of Knowledge Transfer and Exchange in the field of Social Sciences, and is particularly interested in projects that enhance the visibility and interaction of researchers and knowledge generated at Universities. He is the co-director of www.eurasianet.es|, a virtual platform for researchers interested in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Areas of Expertise
Publications
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Moneo Laín, Antonio. 2010. ‘Reform and Succession in Yugoslavia: Constraints and Legacies’ Balkania (1): 143-168.
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Moneo Laín, Antonio. 2010. ‘Montenegro Today’ [Original Title: ‘Montenegro Hoy’]. Hesperia (Junio).
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Moneo Laín, Antonio. 2009. ‘The institutional evolution of the Yugoslav state (1946-1980)’. In España y Europa Oriental, tan lejos tan cerca, ed. Carlos Flores Juberías. Valencia: PUV.
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de Andrés, Jesús, and Antonio Moneo Laín. 2009. ‘The gradual emergence of the political pluralism in Eastern Europe: from the Soviet to the Liberal Democratic Paradigm’ In Europa, Veinte Años después del Muro, ed. Carlos Flores Juberías. Valencia: Plaza y Valdés, p. 77-110.
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Moneo Laín, Antonio, and Rubén Ruiz Ramas. 2008. ‘Who took the bait in South Ossetia?’ [Original Title: ‘¿Quién ha mordido el anzuelo en Osetia del Sur?’]. Libre pensamiento (59): 62.