Professional, Institutional and Public Service

Service to the Profession

Editorial Board Memberships

• Journal of Central Asia and the Caucasus (International Strategic Research Organisation, Ankara)
  • Member, Editorial Board, 2005–Present.
• Oil, Gas and Energy Law
  • Associate Editor, 2004–Present.
• Central Eurasian Studies Review
  • Editor, “Perspectives” section, 2002–Present.
  • Member, Editorial Board, 2001–Present.
• Electronic Journal of World Politics (University of Kent at Canterbury)
  • Member, Editorial Board, 2000–Present.
• Cahiers d’études sur la Méditerranée orientale et le monde turco-iranien (Fondation nationale des sciences politiques, Paris)
  • Contributing Editor, 1998–Present.
• Turkistan-Newsletter
  • Member, Academic Advisory Board, 1997–Present.
• Mershon International Studies Review
  • Member, Review Panel, 1994–1999.

Other Editorial Service

• Manuscript, Book and Proposal Reviewer (various years)
  • American Political Science Review, Cahiers d”études sur la Méditerranée orientale et le monde turco-iranien, Cambridge University Press, Canada Foundation for Innovation, Canadian Foreign Policy, Canadian Slavonic Studies, Central Eurasian Studies Review, Emergence: Complexity and Organization, Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research (Abu Dhabi), Études internationales, Foreign Policy Analysis, Global Environmental Politics, Harper & Row, International Journal, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Nationalities Papers, Policy Studies Journal, Political Psychology, Revue canadienne de science politique, Russian History, Russian Review, Slavic Review, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Soviet Union, Technology Review, Transnational Perspectives, Western Political Quarterly

Other Committee Service

• Central Eurasian Studies Society
  • Member, Annual Convention Program Committee, 2006–2007.
  • Chair, Institutional Linkages Committee, 2002–2006.
  • Member, Executive Board, 2002–2005.
  • Member, Publications Committee, 2001–Present.
• International Sociological Association
  • Member, Executive Committee, and Vice-President, Research Group on Alienation Research, 1998–2002.
• American Political Science Association
  • Member, Executive Committee, and Chair, Awards Committee, Domestic Sources of Foreign Policy Section, 1998–2000.
• Behrend College of Pennsylvania State University (Erie, Penna.)
  • External Referee, Tenure Review Committee, Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Autumn 1983.

Institutional Service

• Carleton University
  • Examiner, M.A. Essay Defence Juries, Institute of European and Russian Studies (Autumn 2005), and Norman Paterson School of International Affairs (Autumn 2000).
• Université Laval
  • Chair, Library Committee, Department of Political Science, 1994–1996.
  • Directeur de recherche et Membre des jurys, Mémoires pour M.A., Département de Science politique, 1988–1991
  • Member, Library Committee, Department of Political Science, 1988–1991.
  • Member, Committee on the Interdisciplinary Concentration in Russian and Soviet Studies, Faculty of Letters, 1989–1990.
  • Chair, Annual Colloquium Program Committee, Centre québécois de relations internationales, 1989–1990.
• University of California at Santa Barbara
  • Thesis advisor, Senior Honor's Theses, Department of Political Science, 1985–1988.
• University of Michigan
  • Member, Committee on the Upper-Division Writing Requirement, English Composition Board, College of Literature, Science and the Arts, 1980–1981.
  • Member, Faculty Senate Advisory Committee on Academic Affairs, 1980–1981.
  • Chair, Committee on Communications, Office of the President, 1978–1979.

Expert Service to the National and International Communities

Selected Expert Organizational Participations

• Canadian Institute of International Affairs
  • Moderator, Session “Energy Security and Its Implications for Global Geopolitics and Regional Stability”, Roundtable Regional Security in Central Asia, 11 July 2006.
  • Resource Expert, National Speakers’ Program, 2002–2003.
• Global Dialogue on Natural Resources (Dubai, U.A.E.)
  • Member, Advisory Board, 2005–Present.
• Parliamentarians for Global Action
  • Organizational Design Specialist, International Law and Human Rights Programme, 2003–2005.
• Consultative Assembly of Parliamentarians for the International Criminal Court
  • Rapporteur, “Towards a Parliamentary Assembly of the International Criminal Court?”, 12–13 September 2003.
• Immigration Appeals Court, U.S. Government
  • Expert Witness on Human Rights in Central Asia, 2002–Present.
• Eurasia Foundation
  • Charter Contributor, NIS Global Information Project, 2000–Present.
• International Research Foundation for Development
  • Member, Executive Committee, and NGO Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council, 2001–2004.
• Interhemispheric Resource Center
  • Regional Expert, Self-Determination Project, 2000–2002.
• House of Commons, Government of Canada
  • Invited Testimony, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade, 5 May 2000.
• Soros Foundation
  • Expert, Central Eurasia Project, Open Society Institute, 1999–2001.
• Forum for U.S.–Soviet Dialogue
  • Member, Commission on Regional Conflict, 19th Annual Conference, Minsk (U.S.S.R.), 1–15 July 1991.
  • Co-Chair, Commission on U.S.–Soviet Relations, 18th Annual Conference, West Point (N.Y.), 8–14 July 1990.
• American Council for International Leadership
  • Member, Joint Seminar on U.S.–Soviet Relations, Leningrad, 10–31 May 1987.
• U.S. National Commission for UNESCO
  • Contributor to Expert Report, “Assessment of Draft Program and Budget for 1986.1987 of UNESCO,” 1985.

Selected Expert Policy-Conferences Appearances (last three years)

• New Defence Agenda / Security and Defence Agenda (Brussels)
  • Conference Global NATO: Overdue or Overstretch?, 6 November 2006.
  • Seminar The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern World, 19 January 2006.
  • Workshop The Future of the Shifting Trans-Atlantic Defence Market: New Realities and Strategies in the US and Europe, 26 May 2005.
  • Workshop Reinventing NATO: Does the Alliance Reflect the Changing Nature of Transatlantic Security?, 24 May 2005.
  • Roundtable Defence Aspects of the NATO and EU Enlargement, 14 February 2005.
  • Workshop Towards an EU Strategy for Collective Security, 3 February 2005.
• Energy Charter Secretariat (Brussels)
  • Conference The Role of Governments and International Organisations in Promoting Energy Security, 25 October 2006.
  • Workshop Recent developments in the Model Agreements Cross-Border Pipelines, 17–18 October 2006.
  • Conference Risk Reduction in the Energy Sector, 26 October 2005.
  • Conference Energy Transit in Eurasia: Challenges and Perspectives, 19–20 October 2004.
  • Workshop Best Practices in Energy Sector Restructuring and Privatization, 12 May 2004.
  • Conference Eurasian Natural Gas: Opportunities and Risks, 12–13 November 2003.
• Madariaga Foundation, College of Europe (Brussels)
  • Seminar Sécurité énergétique: quel rôle pour l'Europe?, 21 March 2006.
  • Seminar “Islam” and the “West”: Conflict or Cohabitation?, 25 October 2005.
• Other
  • International Institute of Strategic Studies: Global Strategic Review, Geneva, 8–10 September 2006.
  • Columbia University: Colloquium Europe–Russia Pipelines, Eurasian Pipeline Project, Caspian Studies Program, School of International and Public Affairs, 10 April 2006.
  • Global Dialogue on Natural Resources: Chair, Panel A Sea of Instability: Caspian Politics and Pipelines, The Dialogue International and Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, 3–4 April 2006.
  • Caspian Information Centre: Conference Elections in Kazakhstan, The Reform Club, London, 10 March 2006.
  • Advocacy Europe: Seminar The Growing Importance of the European Parliament in the EU Decision Making Process, Brussels, 9 November 2005.
  • The Luxembourg Group: Conference Transatlantic Relations: How Do We Make the U.N. and Multilateralism Effective?, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Smithsonian Institution, Washington (D.C.), 13–14 September 2004.

Electronic and Print Media Interviews

• Scores of interviews in English, French and Russian on domestic radio news and call-in shows, international short-wave radio, television and newspapers from dozens of countries including Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Iran, Netherlands, Russia, Turkey, United Kingdom, and United States.

Dr. Robert M. Cutler [ website — email ] was educated at MIT and The University of Michigan, where he earned a Ph.D. in Political Science, and has specialized and consulted in the international affairs of Europe, Russia, and Eurasia since the late 1970s. He has held research and teaching positions at major universities in the United States, Canada, France, Switzerland, and Russia, and contributed to leading policy reviews and academic journals as well as the print and electronic mass media in three languages.

 
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