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Andreas Umland, CertTransl (Leipzig), MA (Stanford), MPhil (Oxford), DipPolSci, DrPhil (FU Berlin), PhD (Cambridge).
Visiting fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution in 1997-99, and Harvard's Weatherhead Center in 2001-02. Bosch visiting lecturer at The Urals State University of Yekaterinburg in 1999-2001, and the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in 2003/2005. In January-December 2004, Temporary Lecturer in Russian and East European studies at St. Antony's College Oxford. In 2005-2008, DAAD Lecturer at the Shevchenko University of Kyiv. In 2008-2010, Research Fellow at the Institute for Central and East European Studies at Eichstaett, Bavaria. Since 2010, DAAD Senior Lecturer at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.
General Editor of the book series "Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society" (http://www.ibidem-verlag.de/spps.html), Co-Editor of the Russian webjournal "Forum for the Contemporary History and Ideas of Eastern Europe" (http://www1.ku-eichstaett.de/ZIMOS/forumruss.html), administrator of the web archive and mailing list "Russian Nationalism" (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/russian_nationalism/).
(3 comments) SHARE Saturday, February 11, 2012 How to Make Russia Democratic? Unite the Liberal Factions
Without a broad coalition, effective pragmatism and collaboration with reformers in the ancien regime, the "White Revolution" will end as miserable as earlier Russian democratization attempts.
SHARE Monday, August 19, 2013 The Meaning of Tymoshenko's Case for the EU: Will Brussels Sign an Association Agreement with Ukraine?
The EU has already gone out of its way by initialing the largest agreement in its history with as dubious a polity as Ukraine is today. The only way for Kyiv to get the agreement signed is to free Tymoshenko. Yanukovych will also have to show "tangible progress" in fulfilling the other prerequisites, and make sure to not open up entirely new issues, for instance, by curtailing press freedom.
SHARE Monday, December 7, 2009 Ukraine's German Chance
The pro-Ukrainian Free Democratic Party of Germany is becoming a player in the EU's foreign affairs.
SHARE Thursday, April 3, 2008 The Pseudo-Issue of Ukraine's NATO Membership
Before leaving office, outgoing US President George W. Bush, Jr. intends to bequeath to his successor and the world yet another headache. As if the Iraq debacle, misconceived "War on Terror," risky recognition of Kosovo, and other doubtful actions were not enough, the US wants to quickly bring Ukraine into NATO. Published in the Ukrainian weekly "Kyiv Post" on April 3rd, 2008, www.kyivpost.com
(3 comments) SHARE Saturday, January 17, 2009 Unpopular Prospect of World War III: The 20th Century Is Not Over Yet
Unless something fundamentally changes in Russian-Western relations, we will--as the Russian-Georgian war illustrated--continue to live on the brink of an armed confrontation between two nuclear super-powers.
SHARE Friday, November 30, 2012 EU-Ukraine Relations after the Ukrainian Parliamentary Elections
Brussels ' relations with Kyiv are in deadlock. Ukraine is not fulfilling the conditions for signing the already initialed Association Agreement with the EU. Against this background, we outline an eight-point plan of further and alternative actions.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, April 8, 2010 European Confusion in Kyiv
Western observers and visitors should understand that, for many Ukrainian politicians, the main political question is still not what is legitimate, but what is doable and whether they can get away with it.
SHARE Tuesday, May 6, 2008 The Two Towers of Future Russia: The Rise of Dmitry Medvedev and the Re-Configuration of Post-Soviet Politics
Medvedev's rise and the emergence of a "pro-Western tower" in the state apparatus will not, by itself, entail that Moscow transforms herself into an ally of the EU or NATO. Rather, Russia's domestic politics will again become confrontational in as far as the rise of Putin's young successor will mobilize and unite the large anti-Western constituency in various sectors of the Russian elite.
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, May 2, 2008 Gorbachev Number Two: Dmitry Medvedev
Should the Russian presidential administration retain its prerogatives, and come under the lasting, full control of Medvedev, the Kremlin will become a focal point of pro-democratic tendencies in Moscow. This development could lead to a situation reminiscent of an earlier period of transition that gained fame under its Russian name "perestroika."
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, December 22, 2008 Ukraine's Window of Opportunity
In order to become a more stable and effective democracy, Ukraine should transform sooner rather than later into a parliamentary republic.
(2 comments) SHARE Thursday, May 7, 2009 Will There Be a Second Crimean War?
In a worst case scenario, an escalation of the Russian-Ukrainian quarrel around the famous Black Sea peninsula destabilizes European security
SHARE Monday, January 10, 2011 Political Determinants and Possible Consequences of the Rise of the Ukrainian Radical Right
Ukrainian politics has been divided between two camps: the pro-Western democrats (recently represented by the "Orange" parties) and the pro-Russian anti-liberals (recently dominated by the Party of Regions). Now radical nationalists are gaining political strength. Will they manage to get their so-called Freedom party into the national parliament?
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, June 13, 2011 EU and NATO Policies in Eastern Europe: Contradictory or Complementary?
Russia, quite simply, needs to become a law-based democracy. Oddly, she has the necessary institution already in place. The "only" thing that needs to be done is to implement what Russia's own constitutional provisions, her relevant laws, and her ratified international treaties have been explicitly prescribing, for years by now.