Charles King (author)

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Charles King (b. 1967) is Ion Raţiu Professor of Romanian Studies, Professor of International Affairs, and Professor of Government at Georgetown University, where he also serves as Chairman of the Faculty of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.

He is the author of three books, The Ghost of Freedom: A History of the Caucasus (Oxford University Press, 2008), The Black Sea: A History (Oxford University Press, 2004) and The Moldovans: Romania, Russia, and the Politics of Culture (Hoover Institution Press, 2000), as well as articles and essays in World Politics, International Security, Slavic Review, Foreign Affairs, and other academic and popular publications. He teaches courses in comparative politics, East European studies, and international affairs and is a three-time recipient of teaching awards from Georgetown University.

Before coming to Georgetown in 1996, he was the Rank and Manning Junior Research Fellow at New College, Oxford University, and a Research Associate at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. He has worked with broadcast media ranging from CNN and the BBC to the History Channel and MTV.

A former Marshall scholar and Fulbright scholar, King holds a B.A. (History) and B.A. (Philosophy), both summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Arkansas and an M.Phil. (Russian and East European Studies) and D.Phil. (Politics) from Oxford University.

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