Experts on Ukraine Available for Commentary
Mikhail Alexseev, San Diego State University, (619) 594-0190, alexseev@sdsu.edu
– Ukrainian society and public opinion, Donbas, Russian domestic and foreign policy, great power and Cold War rivalry, Minsk accords, OSCE, nationalism, media and public opinion
Hilary Appel, Claremont McKenna College, (909) 607-1491, happel@cmc.edu
– NATO and EU enlargement, Ukraine’s Accession to the EU, Russia’s near abroad
Richard Arnold, Muskingum University, (740) 826-8108, rarnold@muskingum.edu
– Ukrainian and Russian Cossacks
Pavel Baev, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), (+4722) 54 77 39, pavel@prio.org
– Russian military strategy
Tymofii Brik, Kyiv School of Economics, tbrik@kse.org.ua
– Ethnopolitical conflicts, post-Communist transformations, post-Soviet institutions, elites and identities, media development, migration, sovereignty, governance
Petro Burkovskyi, Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives foundation (DIF), (+380) 67 295 0398, burkovskyi@dif.org.ua
– History, Comparative Analysis, Constitutional Law, Security Policy, Energy Policy, International Relations, Propaganda
Keith Darden, American University, (202) 885-5950, keith.darden@gmail.com
– Nationalism, state-building, politics of Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia
Volodymyr Dubovyk, Mechnikov National University, Odessa, (+380) 482 63 3259, volodymyrdubovyk@onu.edu.ua
– Ukraine politics, regional politics, Ukraine-US Relations, Black Sea security, Ukraine-NATO, Ukraine’s geopolitical and security situation
Eugene Finkel, Johns Hopkins University, (202) 663-5600, efinkel4@jhu.edu
– Ukrainian politics, sanctions, civil war, political violence
Jordan Gans-Morse, Northwestern University, (847) 467-1154, jordan.gans-morse@northwestern.edu
– Rule of law and corruption in Ukraine
Ivan Gomza, Kyiv School of Economics, (+380) 96 102 5860, ivan.gomza@ukma.edu.ua
– Ukrainian politics, Ukrainian policies and civil society
Dmitry Gorenburg, Harvard University; CNA, (703) 824-2000, gorenburg@gmail.com
– Russian military strategy and foreign policy
Henry Hale, George Washington University, (202) 994-4810, hhale@gwu.edu
– Ukrainian domestic politics, Russian and Ukrainian nationalism and identity, Russian and Ukrainian public opinion, Putin, Russian politics
Olexiy Haran, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, (+380) 675 084 445, haran@ukma.kiev.ua
– Ukrainian politics, Russian-Ukrainian relations, Donbas, Ukrainian society and identity, sociological polls
Erik Herron, West Virginia University, esherron@mail.wvu.edu
– Ukrainian politics
Kristina Hook, Kennesaw State University, khook2@kennesaw.edu
– Genocide and mass atrocities, emerging technologies and disinformation, post-conflict reconstruction, war-related environmental degradation, Ukraine, Russia
Volodymyr Ishchenko, Freie Universität Berlin, volodymyr.o.ishchenko@gmail.com
– Ukrainian politics, protests and revolutions in Ukraine, Ukrainian civil society, nationalism in Ukraine, Ukrainian far right and left, political violence, public opinion in Ukraine
Mark Kramer, Harvard University, mkramer@fas.harvard.edu
– Russian military, civil-military relations, European neutral countries and the Russia-Ukraine crisis, East European NATO countries’ policies toward Ukraine and Russia, Putin’s narratives regarding Ukraine
Sergiy Kudelia, Baylor University, (254) 710-6050, Sergiy_Kudelia@baylor.edu
– Ukrainian domestic and foreign policy, Donbas
Volodymyr Kulyk, National Academy of Science of Ukraine; Ukrainian Free University; Harvard University, (+380 44) 286-6261, v_kulyk@hotmail.com
– Language, identity, ethnicity, memory
Marlene Laruelle, George Washington, University, (202) 994-3368, laruelle@gwu.edu
– Russian nationalism, Russian public opinion, Novorossiya, Russian fighters in Donbas
Andrey Makarychev, University of Tartu, Estonia, (+372) 737 5583, andrey.makarychev@ut.ee
– Russian debates on Ukraine, Belarus and Baltic-Nordic region and repercussions, EU
Stanislav Markus, University of South Carolina, (617) 771 4670, stanislav.markus@gmail.com
– Russian oligarchs, Ukrainian oligarchs, impact of sanctions, future scenarios for Ukraine
Kimberly Marten, Barnard College, Columbia University, (212) 854-5115, km2225@columbia.edu
– Russian foreign and security policy, Russia-NATO relations
Arkady Moshes, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, (+358) 9432 7750, arkady.moshes@fiia.fi
– Ukraine’s foreign policy, Russia’s policy toward Ukraine and Belarus, EU policy in the Eastern Neighborhood
Ryhor Nizhnikau, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, (+358) 9432 7753, ryhor.nizhnikau@fiia.fi
– EU Eastern Neighborhood, Russian policy in the post-Soviet space, domestic and foreign policies of Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine
Mariya Omelicheva, National Defense University, m.omelicheva.civ@msc.ndu.edu
– Russia’s foreign and security policy, U.S. security assistance to Ukraine
Maria Popova, McGill University, (514) 398-7376, maria.popova@mcgill.ca
– Ukrainian domestic politics, EU and Eastern European reactions to the crisis
Ora John Reuter, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, (931) 312-9132, reutero@uwm.edu
– Russian domestic politics and foreign policy
Oxana Shevel, Tufts University, (617) 627-2658, oxana.shevel@tufts.edu
– Ukrainian domestic politics, Ukrainian foreign policy, Ukraine-Russia relations, Donbas conflict
Oleksandr Sushko, International Renaissance Foundation, Kyiv, (+380 44) 486 12 53, irf@irf.ua
– Comparative and international political economy, Eastern Europe, Latin America, extremist and populist parties, regime change
Brian Taylor, Syracuse University, (315) 443-3713, bdtaylor@maxwell.syr.edu
– Russian domestic politics and foreign policy, Putin and Putinism
Mikhail Troitskiy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), (+7 49) 5 234 8492, mikhailtroitskiy@gmail.com
– Russian politics and foreign policy, US-Russia and NATO-Russia relations, conflicts in Eurasia
Elizabeth Wishnick, Montclair State University; Columbia University, (973) 655-4238, wishnicke@montclair.edu
– Ukraine and Russia-China relations, China’s reaction to the Russia and Ukraine conflict
Yuri Zhukov, University of Michigan, zhukov@umich.edu
– Armed conflict, political violence, insurgency, Russian military strategy
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