Mark Percival

Mark visited Romania twice in the late 1980s under Ceausescu, and developed a fascination for the country. After a period working for the British Foreign Office Research Department, he wrote a PhD on British-Romanian relations at London University, and was then a Leverhulme sponsored researcher at the Nicolae Iorga Historical Institute in Bucharest.

He has published several academic articles on British-Romanian relations and has written in the press on a wide range of subjects concerning Romania and Eastern Europe, as well as undertaking commercial research for Oxford Analytica. A short period working for a charity in Iasi gave him a perspective on some social problems affecting Romania.

Mark also has a law degree and is particularly interested in constitutional issues. Since March 2003, he has been Managing Director of Romania Think Tank, which supports the free market economy, independence of the judiciary and freedom of the mass media.

Mark is a keen traveller and has visited most parts of Romania including many remote areas. He is particularly interested in Orthodox spirituality and tradition. He also enjoys theatre, music and film.

Mark Percival

Articles by Mark Percival

>>THE IDEOLOGICAL VACUUM IN ROMANIAN POLITICS
June/July 2005

>>THE EU MUST SUPPORT, NOT HINDER JUDICIAL REFORM
May 2005

>>ACCOUNTABLE? WHO US?
April 2005

>>DIVISIONS RAISE QUESTIONS OVER GOVERNMENT'S LONG TERM FUTURE
March 2005

>>ACTION ON CORRUPTION: THE IMPERATIVE FOR THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S POLITICAL SURVIVAL
February 2005

>>JUDICIAL REFORM: AN IMPERATIVE FOR THE NEW GOVERNMENT
December 2004

>>THE PD-PNL'S POLITICAL PROGRAMME: MORE SOUNDBITE THAN SUBSTANCE
November 2004

>>THE PSD'S POLITICAL PROGRAMME: A POPULIST MESSAGE TO
A DISILLUSIONED ELECTORATE
October 2004

>>MEDIA FREEDOM AGAIN UNDER SCRUTINY
September 2004

>>FLAT TAX IN RUSSIA
AND SLOVAKIA:
A LESSON FOR ROMANIA
June 2004

>>WHAT ROMANIANS REALLY BELIEVE WILL COME OF
JOINING THE EU
May 2004