Interviews and Comments

A review article discussing the second Croatian edition of ‘The Sociology of War and Violence’ in the Croatian daily Jutarnji List: https://www.jutarnji.hr/kultura/knjizevnost/opsjednuti-smo-nasiljem-i-ratovanjem-u-stotinu-godina-ubili-smo-22-puta-vise-ljudi-nego-nasi-preci-u-4900-godina-15444108 (28/3/2024);
An extensive interview for the Turkish academic journal ‘Birikim’ – ‘Nationalism is not an unexpected historical aberration, but a historical norm’ https://birikimdergisi.com/dergiler/birikim/1/sayi-417-ocak-2024/10148 (7/1/2024);
An interview on the war in the Middle East for the Croatian weekly ‘Nacional’: https://www.nacional.hr/sinisa-malesevic-izrael-vise-strahuje-od-hezbolaha-nego-od-hamasa-jer-moze-mobilizirati-100-000-vojnika/ (17/10/2023);
An extensive report on my lecture and the new book ‘Why Humans Fight’ published in Novi List, Rijeka, Croatia: Što motivira ljude da budu nasilni jedni prema drugima? U Rijeci predstavljena knjiga Siniše Maleševića – Novi list (2/6/2023);
An interview on crime and violence for the Euronews Serbia (5/5/2023): https://www.euronews.rs/srbija/aktuelno/86542/da-li-jedan-zlocin-inspirise-drugi-istrazivanja-iz-sad-pokazala-da-se-slicni-incidenti-grupisu/vest + https://www.euronews.rs/srbija/drustvo/86592/strucnjak-za-sociologiju-nasilja-retki-slucajevi-gde-deca-ubijaju-decu-tesko-je-objasniti-zasto-se-to-desava/vest (republished in Danas, Belgrade – Sociolog: Zločini se imitiraju u celom svetu, ključi problemi su pristup oružju i društvo koje toleriše nasilje – Društvo – Dnevni list Danas and Borba, Belgrade (Sociolog: Ključi problemi su pristup oružju i društvo, koje toleriše nasilje! | Borba Info)
An interview on the sociology of war to the popular Ukrainian Podcast Toronto Television: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQQS-AvghG4&list=LL36sftcT6pCMAxklpDfCSBg&index=1&ab_channel=UkrainianTorontoTelevision (11/3/23); a short segment of this interview translated into Hungarian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBAn2_SBzec&ab_channel=NAFOHungary;
An interview on nationalisms in the Balkans for the Bosnian daily ‘Oslobodjenje’ https://www.oslobodjenje.ba/dosjei/intervjui/malesevic-stranke-iz-rs-a-blokiraju-odluke-cak-i-kada-nanose-stetu-svojim-gradanima-832400 (5/2/23);
An interview on war and violence in the 20^th and 21^st century for the main Croatian television’ programme ‘Znanstveni krugovi’ (HRTV 2 program) (10/1/2023): https://hrti.hrt.hr/home?id=1146915469&channelId=40014
An interview on ‘Why Humans Fight’ and other topics for the Croatian weekly ‘Novosti’ https://portalnovosti.com/sinisa-malesevic-sfrj-je-i-dalje-tabu (25/12/22);
An interview on ‘Why Humans Fight for the Norwegian Warfun Diaries: https://www.cmi.no/publications/file/8619-warfun-diaries-vol-1.pdf (10/12/22);
An interview on the transformation of nationalism for the Croatian history journal ‘Rostra’: https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/414713 (5/12/22);
An interview on ‘Why Humans Fight’ book for the NIOD Rewind podcast, Amsterdam https://soundcloud.com/niod_rewind_podcast/niod-rewind-episode-27-why-humans-fight; (4/11/22);
An interview on the war in Ukraine for the Croatian weekly ‘Nacional’ https://www.nacional.hr/sinisa-malesevic-putin-nema-odstupnicu-i-ako-ne-pobijedi-u-ratu-bit-ce-skinut-s-vlasti/ (27/10/22):
An interview on ‘Why Humans Fight’ book for the Croatian daily ‘Juranji List’: https://www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/zasto-se-ljudi-bore-ugledni-sociolog-je-11-godina-radio-na-knjizi-koja-pokusava-dati-odgovor-na-to-pitanje-15262294 (15/10/2022);
An interview on ‘Why Humans Fight’ book for the Bosnian magazine ‘Buka’: https://6yka.com/intervju/autor-knjige-zasto-ljudi-ratuju-za-buku-jedna-od-najvaznijih-prijetnji-sa-kojima-se-svijet-suocava-je-sve-intenzivnije-unistavanje-ekosistema (13/9/2022);
An interview on ‘Why Humans Fight’ book for New Books Network, USA: New Books Network | Siniša Malešević, “Why Humans Fight: The Social…(18/7/2022);
A review article discussing the Croatian translation of my ‘Grounded Nationalisms’ book published in Al Jazeera Balkans: Balkan je pogrešno nazivati kolijevkom nacionalizma | Desničari | Al Jazeera (22/5/2022);
An interview on war in Ukraine for Irish Examiner: https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-40850666.html (14/4/2022):
A comment on war and nationalism for Faktograf, Croatia: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/Faktograf/issues/f-zin-12-ratna-propaganda-nista-nova-nista-nova-1062014 (28/3/2022)
An interview on war in Ukraine for AlJazeera Balkans: https://balkans.aljazeera.net/teme/2022/3/19/sinisa-malesevic-ako-rusija-izgubi-rat-u-ukrajini-vise-nece-imati-puno-utjecaja-ni-na-balkanu; also published on the Serbian news site Autonomija: https://autonomija.info/sinisa-malesevic-ako-rusija-izgubi-rat-u-ukrajini-vise-nece-imati-puno-utjecaja-ni-na-balkanu/(19/3/2022)
An interview on war in Ukraine for the Croatian weekly Nacional ‘https://www.nacional.hr/sinisa-malesevic-stavljanje-nuklearnog-naoruzanja-u-stanje-visoke-pripravnosti-znak-je-putinove-politicke-nemoci-a-ne-njegove-snage/ (8/3/2022);
An op-ed for Toronto Star on the imperial wars: https://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/2022/03/04/vladimir-putins-attempt-at-empire-building-is-destined-to-fail.html (4/3/2022);
A review article discussing the Croatian translation of my ‘Grounded Nationalisms’ book published in the Croatian daily 24 Sata Express: ‘Nacionalizam je moćan. Pa dokle više ljudi pobogu!?’ https://express.24sata.hr/top-news/nacionalizam-je-mocan-pa-dokle-vise-ljudi-pobogu-25615 (7/2/2022);
My lecture ‘War, Violence and Ideologies; Balkans form 19^th century to today’ given at Krug 99, Sarajevo extensively reported in many news outlets (Face TV, N1, Dnevni Avaz, Fena, Mediji. BA, Balkan Times, BiH and Anadolu Agency, Turkey) https://www.face.ba/vijesti/bih/prof-dr-sinisa-malesevic-balkan-je-90-tih-postao-sinonim-za-nasilje-i-nacionalizam/123862; https://www.krug99.ba/akademik-sinisa-malesevic-balkan-je-od-90-ih-godina-postao-sinonim-za-intenzivno-nasilje-i-nacionalizam/ (5/12/2021).
An interview on nationalism, violence and history for Rostra journal, University of Zadar, Croatia (20/10/2021):
An interview on paramilitary violence in Syria for Al Jazeera Balkans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKiJ9uo1sA8 (9/7/2021);
An interview on nationalisms and pandemic for the Croatian daily ‘Jutarnji List’ https://www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/svijet/zasto-europljani-ne-vjeruju-u-pandemijske-teorije-zavjere-15083634 (26/6/2021);
An interview on the micro-sociology of violence for the Hamburg Institute for Social Research (21/5/2021) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuUI7RNTlAI&t=333s
An interview for Croatian weekly ‘Nacional’ https://www.nacional.hr/sinisa-malesevic-na-referendumu-u-skotskoj-cak-67-posto-glasaca-bilo-je-protiv-brexita-a-pola-ih-zeli-neovisnost/ (20/5/2021):
A review of 4 influential books on violence published in Spain in 2020 including ‘The Rise of Organised Brutality’ in El Pais https://elpais.com/babelia/2021-01-01/la-violencia-y-la-politica.html (2/1/2021);
An interview panel ‘Talking History’, The Bosnian War, Newstalk radio (22/11/2020): TALKING HISTORY WITH PATRICK GEOGHEGAN | Newstalk;
An interview for the Max Weber Programme webcast, EUI, Florence (18/11/2020) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_6S8hVFcpM&feature=emb_title
A comment on youth violence for the Croatian newspaper Jutarnji List https://www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/da-i-u-norveskoj-su-se-dogadale-grozote-ali-za-razliku-od-njih-mi-imamo-jedan-dodatni-problem-15025836 (17/10/2020);
A review of the Spanish translation of ‘The Rise of Organised Brutality’ in the Spanish newspaper Lavanguardia: https://www.lavanguardia.com/historiayvida/prehistoria/20201006/33656/ancestros-mas-violentos.html (6/10/2020);
A short interview on organised violence – Sean Moncrieff Show, Newstalk, Dublin (7/9/2020);
An interview for El Pais (Spain) on violence: https://elpais.com/cultura/2020/08/27/babelia/1598517337_524599.html   (28/8/2020);
An interview for Patrick Farnsworth (ed) ‘We Live in the Orbit of Beings Greater than Us’ (Gods & Radicals Press, 2020); https://abeautifulresistance.org/we-live-orbit-greater-patrick-farnsworth (5/6/2020);
An interview for AlJazeera Balkans on nation-states, violence, conspiracy theories, capitalism and coronavirus: http://balkans.aljazeera.net/vijesti/malesevic-lakse-je-zamisliti-kraj-svijeta-nego-kraj-kapitalizma (27/4/2020);
A short interview on the use of military language during the pandemic crisis (17/4/2020): https://faktograf.hr/2020/04/17/proglasavanje-korona-krize-ratnim-stanjem-korak-je-prema-autoritarnosti/
A short interview on conspiracy theories and pandemics for Montenegrin magazin Standard (14/4/2020): https://www.standard.co.me/drustvo/sociolog-sinisa-malesevic-o-fenomenu-teorija-zavjere-drustvene-mreze-omogucile-da-necija-lokalna-paranoja-postane-globalni-narativ/
An interview for TRT World on nation-states and pandemics: https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/coronavirus-european-nations-choose-self-preservation-over-the-union-34677, 18/3/2020;
An interview to Ino Magazine, radio BHRT focusing on the recent elections in Ireland: https://bhrt.ba/ino-magazin-14-02-2020/, 14/2/2020;
A comment for Media.ba article on interpretations of war, 7/1/2020; https://www.media.ba/bs/magazin-novinarstvo/daytonski-narativni-pakt-za-mir
An interview on nationalism and violence for Novosti, Zagreb, published 12/11/2019:https://www.portalnovosti.com/sinisa-malesevic-nacionalizam-ce-i-dalje-jacati
A short interview on violence and state formation for the Croatian newspaper ‘Zadarski List’ (9/10/2019) – https://www.zadarskilist.hr/clanci/09102019/uloga-rata-i-nasilja-u-stvaranju-drzava;
TV interview discussing war and peace on Al Jazeera Balkans to commemorate the international day of peace (21/9/2019): Kontekst: Rat i mir u savremeno doba https://ajb.me/bhtl5
Visiting columnist for the Croatian weekly ‘Nacional’ – S. Malesevic ‘Boris Johnson: Ni Churchill ni Trump’ (30/7/2019, pp 46-47) https://www.nacional.hr/gost-kolumnist-malesevic-boris-johnson-ni-churchill-ni-trump/
Interview for Media.ba on the far right movements and violence (24/5/2019): https://www.media.ba/bs/magazin-novinarstvo/sinisa-malesevic-ekstremistima-ne-treba-davati-prostor-u-medijima-i
A comment for the Croatian Daily ‘Jutarnji List’:’Ako Bandic dobije doktorat mi cemo vratiti zagrebacke diplome’ (21/3/2019, pp 10-11);
Interview for ‘Drustvena istorija Banja Luke’ (13/2/2019) https://drustvenaistorijabl.info/portfolio/sinisa-malesevic/
Interview contribution/panel on nationalism and religion on BBC Wales programme ‘All things considered’ (27/1/2019): https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00027fj
Interview for the Croatian weekly ‘Nacional’: Ozbiljni ekonomisti uvjereni su da Velika Britanija nece imati koristi od napustanja EU-a’ (15/1/2018); https://www.nacional.hr/broj-1082/
Interview for Last Born in the Wilderness podcast: https://soundcloud.com/lastborninthewilderness/sinisa-malesevic-complete (7/1/2019);
Op-ed for TRTWORLD ‘The Rise of Organised Violence in the Modern World’ https://www.trtworld.com/opinion/the-rise-of-organised-violence-in-the-modern-world-19793 (24/8/2018);
Interview for the Croatian daily ‘Glas Slavonije’ : ‘U 21vom stoljecu nacionalizam je okosnica drzavne legitimacije’ http://www.glas-slavonije.hr/373683/11/Leo-Budin-Za-razliku-od-materijalnih-stvaralacki-potencijali-drustva-nemaju-granica (25/8/2018);
Comment for the Croatian weekly ‘Nacional’: Buducnost Therese May ovisi o potpori Laburista u Parlamentu’ (17/7/2018, pp 44-45);
Interview for the Croatian weekly ‘Nacional’ ‘ ‘Gospodarskim napretkom Irska je postala tolerantna’ (29/5/2018) http://www.nacional.hr/shop/proizvod/nacional-29-svibanj-2018-1049/
Interview on nationalism and violence for the Croatian radio programme “Eppur si muove”(28/5/2018) http://radio.hrt.hr/treci-program/ep/razgovor-sa-sinisom-malesevicem/254224/
My book ‘The Rise of Organised Brutality’ discussed at the Anarchy Radio, California https://johnzerzan.net/radio/ (4 September 2018);
Interview on nationalism and violence for the Croatian daily ‘Jutarnji List’ (22/1/2018): https://www.jutarnji.hr/life/znanost/nije-istina-da-ucestalost-nasilja-pada-od-pocetka-covjecanstva-ugledni-sociolog-demontirao-jedan-od-najrasirenijih-modernih-mitova/6952299/
Interview for the Bosnian/Swedish magazine on war and violence (10/1/2018): https://issuu.com/savezbl/docs/seher_52
Interview for the Croatian express.hr on the gender discrimination and academia (28/12/2017): https://www.express.hr/top-news/zgrozeni-hazu-om-kao-da-su-crkvenjaci-a-ne-znanstvenici-13559
Commentary on the new study on violence and population size in the Dutch Daily ‘Volksrant’ (19/12/2017): https://www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/-onderzoekers-tonen-aan-mens-is-altijd-even-gewelddadig-gebleven-maar-niet-iedereen-is-overtuigd~a4546449/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=shared%20content&utm_content=free
Interview for Reuters on the legacies of civil war with a focus on Nagorno Karabakh (5/10/2017): https://www.reuters.com/article/us-armenia-azerbaijan-conflict/war-or-peace-neither-reins-in-limbo-land-of-nagorno-karabakh-idUSKBN1CA0B9
The Iranian academics have organised a well-publicised debate on my book ‘The Rise of Organised Brutality’ in Tehran http://www.ion.ir/news/241302.html http://etemadnewspaper.ir/Default.aspx?News_Id=81387
My book ‘The Sociology of War and Violence’ discussed on the Swedish radio programme (2/5/2017) http://sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt/896312?programid=503
Interview for the Irish online magazine Solutionism (16/4/2017) https://solutionism-news.com/2017/04/16/nationalism-how-the-economic-crisis-evoked-the-mythical-past-of-the-1930s/
Interview for the Croatian sociological journal ‘Diskrepancija’ (17/2/2017) http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=258274
Interview contribution to Cracked.com article on civil wars: http://www.cracked.com/personal-experiences-2403-6-reasons-why-new-civil-war-possible-terrifying.html;
Interview contribution on the BBC radio programme ‘Good Morning Scotland’ about wars in the Middle East on 24/09/2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07vwz9p (1.15-1.26);
Interview for Al Jazeera Balkans on collective trauma and nationalism (24/7/2016) http://balkans.aljazeera.net/vijesti/psiholozi-u-glavama-politicara-rat-jos-traje;
Comment for the Bosnian TV news channel N1 on reconciliation after the war (12/7/2016): http://ba.n1info.com/a104622/Vijesti/Vijesti/Rat-im-je-odnio-najblize-a-danas-dijele-zajednicku-bol.html;
Comment for the Bosnian TV news channel TV1 on political projects and mass violence (12/7/2016): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEzX54p5d0s;
Interview for the Bosnian and Herzegovinian main radio station (BHRTV) programme ‘Ino-Magazin’, 6/4/2016: http://www.bhrt.ba/bhr1-emisije/ino-magazin/ino-magazin-06-04-2016/;
Interview for the leading Croatian daily ‘Jutarnji List on terrorism 25/3/2016 ‘ Moze li se Europa obraniti od radikalnih islamista i kako?’ http://www.jutarnji.hr/moze-li-se-europa-obraniti-od-radikalnih-islamista–i-kako-/1549223/;
Interview for the leading Croatian daily ‘Jutarnji List’ on terrorist actions in Brussels 24/3/2016 ‘ Vlasti nisu smjele pustiti Molenbeek da postane geto’; the interview was translated into Slovenian and published in ‘Slovenske Novice’ http://www.slovenskenovice.si/crni-scenarij/na-tujem/razvoj-terorizma-kako-je-nastal-dzihadisticni-raj-sredi-evrope;
Interview for the leading Swiss daily ‘Neu Zuercher Zeitung’ on legacies of war in Bosnia-Herzegovina , 20/11/15 (http://www.nzz.ch/international/europa/bosniens-unausgeschoepftes-potenzial-1.18649405) ; the interview was translated into Croatian and published in ‘Prometej’ (http://www.prometej.ba/clanak/prijevodi/dvadeset-godina-nakon-daytona-vijugavi-put-iz-slijepe-ulice-2271); excerpts from this interview also published by Deutsche Welle;
Interview for the leading Croatian daily ‘Jutarnji List’ on wars and refugee crisis, 20/10/15 ‘Hrvatska ne treba dizati vojsku jer na taj nacin samo siri nepotrebnu paniku’;
BBC Chinese language news report on my presentation at Identity conference at St.Antony’s College, Oxford (8/9/2015);
45 minute interview for the Bosnian radio, Federalni radio, 08/5/2015;
Interview for the Bosnian weekly ‘Slobodna Bosna’ ‘Sociologija rata: Zasto smo se ubijali?’ 23/4/2015;
Interview for the Bosnian TV, Federalna RTV, 20/4/2015;
Interview for the RTE 1 Programme ‘Life Matters’, 15/3/2015;
Interview for University Observer article, Vol. XXI ‘Same Militants, Different Religion’, Issue 18/2/2015;
Interview for the leading Bosnian Daily ‘Dnevni Avaz’ on the legacies of war, 20/9/2014;
Interview for the leading Croatian Daily ‘Jutarnji List’ on nation-states and nationalisms today, 10/9/14 ‘Jesu li nacije mrtve?;
Interview for the New Scientist article on nationalism (D. Mackenzie ‘Imagine there is no countries…’) No. 2985, 4/9/2014;
Institucije BiH proizvode nacionalizam svojom strukturom: 30 minute interview for Face TV Main News Programme, Sarajevo (30/8/2014);
Extended information about my election to Academia Europea reported in the following media outlets: Klix.ba, Buka, BL, Frontal, Vijesti.ba;
The Future of Bosnia & Herzegovina: Interview with Siniša Malešević, Inter Alia, Athens, Greece , 31st July 2013 (interviewer Nikos Pasamitros);
Summary of my talk ‘Nationalisms and Armed Conflicts: The Macro Foundations of Micro Realities’, from the conference Armed Conflicts in Comparative Perspective Conference, reported in Irish Times (19 May, 2012);
60 minutes interview on the post-communist transitions in East Central Europe for the TV documentary ‘Beyond the Wall: 20 Years Later’ (May 2009);
Debated the Weberian concept of authority in the Irish context which was published as ‘Leading Questions’ Irish Examiner (06 May 2008 p.15);
Excerpts from my book The Sociology of Ethnicity (2004) read on the radio programme of Channel 3, National Radio and Television of Serbia, Belgrade (11, 18, 25 April, and 3, 9, 16 May 2009);
Excerpts from my book Identity as Ideology published as a lead text in National Pride: The Second Leyer Exhibition Catalogue Arti et Amicitiae Gallery Amsterdam, (April 2007);
Debated the concept of martyrdom with Prof. K. Brady (TCD) on the RTE 1 radio talk show Tubridy Show (9 January 2007);
Excerpts from my book Ideology, Legitimacy and the New State (2002) read on the radio programme of Channel 3, National Radio and Television of Serbia, Belgrade (3-6 February and 24-28 May 2004);
The results of my empirical research on the cultural policy in Eastern Europe and the brain drain phenomenon in Croatia extensively reported in the Croatian press – Vjesnik (Zagreb) and Feral Tribune (Split) (1994);