Update and Thanks

As the British new academic year looms large on the horizon and the new football season kicks off, I thought I’d update you on my activities these past weeks.
First, however, let me thank all of you who have subscribed to my blog this summer. The numbers are truly humbling and I thank each and every one of you. To all of you who have taken the time to visit my site and in many cases subscribe to receive updates, my heartfelt thanks. I encourage you all to connect with me on Linkedin and also to follow me on Twitter.
Over the summer I’ve been working hard on my book, Clinton’s Grand Strategy: US Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War World, now under contract with Bloomsbury. I’m scheduled to deliver the manuscript on March 31, which sounds a long way away, but I can tell you it is only 225 days from now!
I’ve also written 2 papers contrasting Barack Obama and Richard Nixon. One focuses on their campaigns to achieve the presidency, the other deals with their times as president. Both have been submitted to academic journals and I have had positive feedback to date. I look forward to updating you on publication details.
I have been invited to give a paper addressing President Obama’s foreign policy in regard to the Middle East and will be flying to Rome in October to deliver this.
I’m also pleased to be attending the BISA US Foreign Policy Group conference at the University of Warwick in September and anticipate submitting two further papers to conferences for eventual publication before the end of the year.
I’ve been working with a range of media organisations over the summer, including LBC97.3 and The Voice of Russia, as well as appearing regularly as the Agenda Setter on Monocle24. Links to these appearances can be found on my RADIO page.
I have also been working with Aljazeera America as it prepares to launch in the United States on August 20. The station has been engaged in real-time rehearsals and I have been working with them covering several stories dealing with US foreign policy and anticipate doing so following their launch next week.
So, all in all, a rather hectic, busy but extremely rewarding summer so far. I hope that my updates, both on this site and on Twitter, keep you informed, engaged and entertained. Feel free to get in touch and let me know what you think.