Forum of EthnoGeoPolitics Forum of EthnoGeoPolitics Vol.7 No.2 Winter 2019 Editorial Tribal Kinship Identities in Present-day Societies: Proposals for Ethnogeopolitical Research Caspar ten Dam Introduction Our Association for the Study of EthnoGeoPolitics (EGP) deems it high time to further research on the oft-neglected role of ethnic and kinship bonds in present-day societies—not just the self-professed traditional or tribal ones, but also and above all the so-called modern or developed ones. With this in mind, our association is currently constructing proposals on two interrelated research projects for which we will seek (crowd)funding in collaboration with my own research consultancy 1 and with affiliated and like-minded scholars and academic bodies: a) an overarching project A on “Survival and Saliency of Extended Families, Clans and other Kinship Groups in Present-day Societies: A Survey of Current Research and Urgently Needed Research” (preliminary title); b) a more particular project B on “Challenges of EU Enlargement in South-East Europe and Beyond given the Oft-Neglected Role of Ethnic and Kinship Bonds” (preliminary title). 2 156