Garčević Publishes Article on the Role of Intellectuals in Times of Crisis
Ambassador Vesko Garčević, Professor of the Practice of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, co-authored an article Pobjeda (The Victory) article on the importance of intellectual liberalism and the role of intellectuals in the time of crisis.
The article, titled “Intelektualac – nepotreban i nepoželjan? (An intellectual – unnecessary and undesirable),” was written by Garčević and Srdja Pavlovic, Research Associate and the University of Alberta’s Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies. In the recent past, more than ever, the post-truth world dominates public discourse in Europe, including the Balkans. The piece argues that the role of intellectuals are priori denigrated and discredited by the populist right and nationalists. One of the authors’ major arguments is that in times of crises, wars, human rights violations, crimes against humanity, or the negation of identities of other nations, intellectuals can’t be “neutral.”
The full article can be read on Pobjeda‘s website.
During his diplomatic career, Ambassador Vesko Garčević dealt with issues pertinent to European security and NATO for almost 14 years. In 2004, he was posted in Vienna to serve as Ambassador to Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. He had been Montenegro’s Ambassador to NATO from 2010 until 2014 and served as Montenegro’s National Coordinator for NATO from 2015 until he joined the faculty at the Pardee School. Learn more about Ambassador Garčević on his faculty profile.