Michael Slobodchikoff

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Michael O. Slobodchikoff
Alma materGeorgetown University, Thunderbird School of Global Management, University of Arizona
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Michael O. Slobodchikoff is an American political scientist in the political science department at Troy University. [1] Slobodchikoff specializes in international relations scholarship concerning the foreign policy of Russia [2] and other post-soviet states. [3] He earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Arizona in 2012 and speaks Russian, French, and German. [4]

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Research and Works

Research

Slobodchikoff's research centers around Russian foreign policy and their accent to regional hegemony as well as, treaty networks, [5] [6] [7] Indian foreign policy, [8] [9] and the international relations phenomena known as Treaty Nesting. [6] Slobodchikoff has posited that treaty networks are a way of studying and understanding the liberal international order and the various challenges to the status-quo. [10]

2019 NATO Conference

In 2019, Slobodchikoff and G. Doug Davis were awarded the NATO Public Diplomacy Grant, [11] and hosted the “NATO at Seventy: A Strategic Examination of the Past, Present, and Future of the Atlantic Alliance” at the Troy University Montgomery Campus in Montgomery, Alabama. [12] This conference focused on the role that NATO would play following its 70th anniversary along with what obstacles the alliance may encounter. Speakers at this event included Ambassador Robert Hunter, Romanian Ambassador George Cristian Maior, Poland's Military Attaché to the United States Major General Cezary Wisniewski, along with diplomatic representatives from Lithuania, Latvia, and Croatia. [13]

Publications

Slobodchikoff has authored and co-authored five books. These include “The Challenge to NATO: Global Security and the Atlantic Alliance” co-authored with G. Doug Davis and Brandon Stewart [14] and “India as Kingmaker: Status Quo or Revisionist Power” co-authored with Aakriti A. Tandon. [15] Slobodchikoff has also authored and co-authored thirty peer-reviewed articles centered on international relations, conflict processes, and comparative politics. [16]

Media appearances

Slobodchikoff is a regular contributor to Russia Direct, [17] the Russian International Affairs Council [18] and has often provided analysis on Russian relations with Ukraine for BBC World News. [19] He has served as an analyst on Russian relations with the United States for Voice of Russia Radio. [20] Slobodchikoff was a go to person for several news agencies including the BBC, providing up to date analysis as the situation developed. [21] [22] Likewise, when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) was shot down over Ukraine in 2014, Slobodchikoff provided expert analysis on what could be expected from the outcome of the tragedy. [23] [24] In February 2022, Slobodchikoff joined BBC World News to comment on the meeting between French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin during the ongoing 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis. [25] Slobodchikoff has also contributed to Newsweek, commenting on domestic politics in Kazakhstan. [26]

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References

  1. ↑ "Department of Political Science". Troy.edu. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  2. ↑ Davis, G. Doug; Slobodchikoff, Michael (2019). Cultural Imperialism and the Decline of the Liberal Order: Russian and Western Soft Power in Eastern Europe. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books. ISBN   978-1-4985-8588-0.
  3. ↑ Slobodchikoff, Michael O.; Aleprete, Michael E. (2021). "The Impact of Russian-led Eurasian Integration on the International Relations of the Post-Soviet Space". Europe-Asia Studies. 73 (5): 913–927. doi:10.1080/09668136.2020.1785398. S2CID   225428755.
  4. ↑ Michael Slobodchikoff, Curriculum Vitae, from
  5. ↑ Slobodchikoff, Michael O. (2017). "Global Crisis: Ukraine, Russia, and the West". The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review. 44 (1): 3–8. doi:10.1163/18763324-04401002 – via schoeningh.
  6. 1 2 Willerton, JP; Slobodchikoff, MO; Goertz, G (2012). "Treaty networks, nesting, and interstate cooperation: Russia, the FSU, and the CIS". International Area Studies Review. 15 (1): 59–82. doi:10.1177/2233865912437121. S2CID   155084212 – via researchgate.net.
  7. ↑ Slobodchikoff, Michael O. (2017). "Challenging US Hegemony: The Ukrainian Crisis and Russian Regional Order". The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review. 44 (1): 76–95. doi:10.1163/18763324-04401006.
  8. ↑ Tandon, Aakriti; Slobodchikoff, Michael O (2019). "Building Trust: Cooperation between Rivals and Pakistan". The Round Table. 108 (2): 189–201. doi:10.1080/00358533.2019.1592318. S2CID   159441318 – via researchgate.net.
  9. ↑ Slobodchikoff, Michael O; Tandon, Aakriti (2017). "Shifting alliances and balance of power in Asia: transitions in the Indo-Russian security ties". Asian Journal of Political Science. 25 (2): 159–175. doi:10.1080/02185377.2017.1279063. S2CID   157445844 – via researchgate.net.
  10. ↑ Slobodchikoff, Michael O. (2015). "Constraining Elites: The Impact of Treaty Networks on Foreign Policy". The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review. 42 (3): 298–320. doi:10.1163/18763324-04203004.
  11. ↑ Weed, Sabanah (10 January 2022). "TROY professors collaborate with world leaders in NATO-centered book". Troy.edu.
  12. ↑ "NATO AT SEVENTY".
  13. ↑ Phillips, Greg (10 October 2019). "TROY Montgomery Campus hosting NATO conference Nov. 1-2". Troy.edu.
  14. ↑ Slobodchikoff, Michael O.; Davis, G. Doug; Stewart, Brandon (2021). The Challenge to NATO: Global Security and the Atlantic Alliance. Potomac Books. ISBN   978-1-64012-449-3. LCCN   2021009785.
  15. ↑ Slobodchikoff, Michael. O; Tandon, Aakriti A. (2022). India as Kingmaker: Status Quo or Revisionist Power. University of Michigan Press. ISBN   9780472055661.
  16. ↑ "Michael O. Slobodchikoff- Profile". ResearchGate.
  17. ↑ Slobodchikoff, Michael. "Profile". russia-direct.org. Archived from the original on 2022-06-16. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
  18. ↑ Slobodchikoff, Michael. "Community Profile". russiancouncil.ru.
  19. ↑ "BBC NEWS CHANNEL Professor Michael Slobodchikoff---Discussion Nerve Agent Attack UK Salisbury". youtube.com. 14 March 2018.
  20. ↑ "Voice of Russia Interview John Tefft". youtube.com. 12 July 2014.
  21. ↑ "Troy Lecturer's Comments On Situation In Ukraine and Russia". alabamnews.net. 6 March 2014.
  22. ↑ "BBC Ukraine Clip". youtube.com. 18 March 2014.
  23. ↑ "Will MH17 lead to a dangerous precedent?". russia-dircect.org. Archived from the original on 2022-02-21. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
  24. ↑ "BBC Metrojet Crash". youtube.com. 9 November 2015.
  25. ↑ "BBC Macon Visit to Moscow". youtube.com. 6 February 2022.
  26. ↑ Slobodchikoff, Michael O.; Davis, G. Doug (7 October 2022). "Kazakhstan-The Next Color Revolution?". newsweek.com.
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