Originally based in Belgrade, he joined RFE/RL in 1999 in Prague, where he has produced analyses on Balkan-Russia relations, Balkan-EU relations, post-communist political and economic transitions and ethnic conflicts; moderated nighttime radio programs; and interviewed numerous foreign politicians and experts. In 2008 he authored a radio and Internet series on frozen conflicts in the Southern Caucasus. Stavlijanin has been interviewed about the Balkans by media in the U.S., Russia, Iran, France, Poland, the Baltic States, and in the Czech Republic. He holds a Ph.D and is the author of the books “Cold Peace: Caucasus and Kosovo” and “The Balkanization of the Internet and the Death of Journalists.”