Stephen F. Jones

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Stephen F. Jones (born c. 1953) is an English expert on post-Communist societies in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe who currently serves as Chair of Russian and Eurasian Studies at Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts. [1]

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Jones received his B.A. in 1974 from the University of Essex, his PhD from the London School of Economics in 1984. [2] He has taught at the University of California, Santa Cruz (1986), the University of London (1986–88), and at the University of Oxford (1988–89). [1]

Jones specialises in the history and politics of the South Caucasus nations (Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan). He speaks fluent Georgian and reads Russian and French fluently. [1] He has lectured at various schools in the United States and regularly briefs the CIA and US State Department in the Caucasus. [1] [3]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Stephen Jones". Mount Holyoke College. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  2. "Stephen F. Jones | CSS" . Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  3. "Stephen Jones". Mount Holyoke College. 14 August 2008. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  4. "Georgia: A Political History since Independence". wilsoncenter.org. Retrieved 2 October 2020.