Micale, Barbara L.2015-10-292015-10-292008-10-22http://hdl.handle.net/10919/61447When political geographer Gerard Toal, professor of Government and International Affairs, School of Public and International Affairs, applied to the Human and Social Dynamics program of the National Science Foundation for a research grant this past spring, he had no idea that the topic would suddenly become the center of a worldwide crisis.text/htmlIn CopyrightNational Capital RegionToal to study secessionist regions in Eurasia; research critical to future of relations between United States and RussiaPress releaseVirginia Tech. University Relations