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Welcome to the PROFILE page for James A. Oliver . . .

James A. Oliver is an international writer, editor, and occasional journalist - with a special interest in geographical investigations, international affairs, and global transport projects.

In recent years, his publications have included The Bering Strait Crossing: A 21st Century Frontier, which was published worldwide in 2006. Of global significance, he proposes that Russia with Norway and the USA with Canada will need to cooperate to manage the emergent inter-oceanic gateway for shipping at the Bering Strait.

Photo: (above-3rd-f.-left): the Bering Strait (between USA and Russia, looking south to the Pacific), the subject of the author's recent geographical investigation.

Discovery Channel interview - Diomede Islands - clip.

In 2007, he was invited by the Russian Academy of Sciences to attend the inaugural ICL World Link conference in Moscow.

From 2007-2009, he was based on the Ile Saint Louis (visible in photo, 4th from left) in Paris while working on the Single European Sky (SES) project.

James Oliver continues to undertake special editorial (with CMS) assignments for a prestigious clientele in London, Paris, Brussels and Gibraltar.

The Pamphleteers: The Birth of Journalism (2010) investigates the emergence of the periodical press as the fourth estate on a timeline from Gutenberg to the French Revolution, with profiles of Robert Greene, Thomas Nashe, Thomas Dekker, John Milton, Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift, and Tom Paine.

The Strait of Gibraltar (work-in-progress) is the second part of the trilogy Where Continents Meet.

James Oliver is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

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