Francisco José Veiga Rodríguez (born 1958 in
Madrid) is a Spanish historian, journalist and writer. He is a doctor and professor in the Department of
Contemporary History at the
Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), where he has been a professor since 1983, with a focus on Eastern Europe, the countries of the former Soviet Union, the countries of the Balkan Peninsula and Turkey.[1][2] He is an author of newspaper articles for El Periódico de Catalunya and El País.[3][4]
Biography
His historiographical production has dealt with subjects such as the
Interwar period (1918–1939), the
Cold War (1948–1991), the "
Post-Cold War" (1991–2008), the theory of the crises arose after the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the resurgence of
nationalism and the
extreme right.[5] He has written articles for the newspaper Avui (1987–1989), El Observador de la Actualidad (1990–1993) and above all for the
El Periódico and
El País, where he has been publishing various chronicles on the Romanian revolution of 1989, the
Yugoslav Wars (1991–2001), the political transition in the Balkan Peninsula and in Turkey, discussing latter's candidacy as a candidate for the
enlargement of the European Union. He is also co-author of a study on the
Arab Spring through his experience in
Yemen, of a history of the
Russian Revolution and has coordinated a collective work on the new role of Eurasia in world
geostrategy.
Pérez Ayala, Andoni (2013). "Francisco Veiga: La fábrica de las fronteras. Guerras de secesión yugoslavas 1991-2001; Alianza Editorial, Madrid, 2011 págs". La Alternativa al Funcionalismo y al Marxismo: La Sociología del Estado de Birnbaum (160). Madrid:
Revista de Estudios Político,
Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales: 241–254.
ISSN0048-7694.