Taras Kuzio

Taras Kuzio
Taras Kuzio in 2015
Scientific career
Fields	Political science

Taras Kuzio is a British Professor of Political Science at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (Kyiv, Ukraine). His area of study is Russian and Ukrainian political, economic and security affairs. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Education

Taras Kuzio is of Ukrainian descent. ^[4]

He received a BA in economics from the University of Sussex, an MA in Soviet studies from the University of London and holds a doctorate in political science from the University of Birmingham. ^[5]

Career

In 1986, Kuzio, based in London, began compiling and translating information on current events in Soviet Ukraine and provided this information to the media through the Ukraine Press Agency (UPA) in Great Britain. UPA was a branch of the British-registered company Society for Soviet Nationalities Studies, which published the bi-monthly Soviet Nationalities Survey (which had been launched in 1984 and continued until 1991) ^[6] and monthly Soviet Ukrainian Affairs (1987-89). ^[6] The Society for Soviet Nationalities Studies was financially supported by the Prolog Research and Publishing Corporation. ^[6] Unbeknownst to Kuzio, the organisations were funded by the US Central Intelligence Agency as part of its QRPLUMB Project. The CIA said it had no editorial input into UPA releases, which it described as "infiltration of the QRPLUMB product into the USSR". ^{[7] [ non-primary source needed ]}

From 1998-99, he was director of the NATO Information and Documentation Center in Kyiv, Ukraine. ^{[8] [5]}

In 2004-06, he was a visiting professor in George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs' Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES). ^[9]

In 2010-11, he was an Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation Visiting Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University in Washington D.C. ^[10]

In 2011-12, he was a visiting fellow at the Slavic Research Center at Hokkaido University in Japan. Subsequently,^{[ when? ]} he was a senior research associate at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta. ^[8]

His book, Russian Nationalism and the Russian-Ukrainian War (2022), ^[11] was published prior to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. This follows two other books on Russia-Ukraine relations: Putin's War Against Ukraine: Revolution, Nationalism and Crime (2017) ^[12] and Ukraine: Democratisation, Corruption and the New Russian Imperialism (2015), ^[13] the latter of which surveys modern Ukrainian political history. He is the author and editor of sixteen books, including Open Ukraine. Changing Course towards a European FutureFrom Kuchmagate to Orange Revolution (2013), ^[14] Democratic Revolution in Ukraine (2011), ^[15] Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives on Nationalism (2007) ^[16] and Ukraine-Crimea-Russia: Triangle of Conflict (2007). ^[17] He has also comparatively researched empire loyalism in Northern Ireland and Donbas. ^{[18] [19]}

He is an associate research fellow at the UK Henry Jackson Society thinktank ^{[20] [21] [22]} and has contributed to the Atlantic Council, ^{[21] [23]} Foreign Affairs , ^[24] Kyiv Post , ^[25] New Eastern Europe , ^[26] and E-International Relations. ^[27]

Selected publications

Volumes Authored

• Kuzio, Taras (2022). Russian Nationalism and the Russian-Ukrainian War. Routledge. p. 280. ISBN   978-1-032-04317-3.
• Kuzio, Taras (2020). Crisis in Russian Studies? Nationalism (Imperialism), Racism and War. E-International Relations. p. 196. ISBN   978-1-910814-55-0.
• Kuzio, Taras (2017). Putin's War Against Ukraine. CreateSpace. p. 490. ISBN   978-1-5432-8586-4.
• Kuzio, Taras (2015). Ukraine: Democratization, Corruption, and the New Russian Imperialism. Praeger. p. 640. ISBN   978-1-4408-3502-5.
• Kuzio, Taras (2007a). Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives on Nationalism: New Directions in Cross-Cultural and Post-Communist Studies. Ibidem Press. p. 436. ISBN   978-3-89821-815-3.
• Kuzio, Taras (2007b). Ukraine-Crimea-Russia: Triangle of Conflict. Columbia University Press. p. 253. ISBN   978-3-89821-761-3.
• Kuzio, Taras (2000). Ukraine: Perestroika to Independence (2nd ed.). Palgrave Macmillan. p. 273. ISBN   0-312-21675-0.
• Kuzio, Taras (1998). Ukraine: State and Nation Building. Routledge. p. 316. ISBN   978-1-138-98635-0.
• Kuzio, Taras (1997). Ukraine under Kuchma: Political Reform, Economic Transformation and Security Policy in Independent Ukraine. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 297. ISBN   978-1-349-25746-1.

Volumes Edited

• Kuzio, Taras, ed. (2013). From Kuchmagate to Orange Revolution: Democratic Revolution in Ukraine. Routledge. p. 198. ISBN   978-0-415-84698-1.
• Kuzio, Taras; Hamilton, Daniel Sheldon, eds. (2011). Open Ukraine: Changing Course towards a European Future (PDF). Washington, DC: Center for Transatlantic Relations. ISBN   978-0-9848544-2-4.
• Kuzio, Taras, ed. (2007). Aspects of the Orange Revolution VI: Post-Communist Democratic Revolutions in Comparative Perspective (Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society 68). Ibidem Press. p. 226. ISBN   978-3-89821-820-7.
• Kuzio, Taras, ed. (1998). Contemporary Ukraine: Dynamics of Post-Soviet Transformation. Routledge. p. 312. ISBN   978-0-7656-0224-4.

Volumes Co-Authored

• D'anieri, Paul; Kravchuk, Robert S.; Kuzio, Taras (1999). Politics And Society In Ukraine. Westview Press. p. 360. ISBN   978-0-8133-3538-4.

Think Tank Monographs

• The Crimea: Europe’s Next Flashpoint? (Washington DC: The Jamestown Foundation, November 2010), p. 38. ^[28]
• EU and Ukraine: a turning point in 2004? ISS-EU Occasional Paper (Paris: Institute for Security Studies-EU, December 2003), p. 36.
• Ukraine. Back From the Brink, European Security Study 23 (London: Institute for European Defence and Security Studies, 1995), p. 39.
• Ukrainian Security Policy. Washington Paper 167 (Washington DC: The Center for Strategic & International Studies and Praeger, 1995), pp. 168.
• Russia-Crimea-Ukraine. Triangle of Conflict, Conflict Studies 267 (London: Research Institute for the Study of Conflict and terrorism, 1994), p. 35.
• Ukraine. The Unfinished Revolution. European Security Study 16 (London: Institute for European Defence and Security Studies, 1992), p. 41.
• Dissent in Ukraine under Gorbachev (A Collection of samizdat documents) (London: Ukrainian Press Agency, 1989), p. 53.

References

1. "Dr Taras Kuzio - Henry Jackson Society". henryjacksonsociety.org. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2023.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
2. Vlamis, Kelsey (8 October 2022). "Putin may have wanted to restore the Russian Empire, but his power over former Soviet states is waning as his invasion of Ukraine flounders". Business Insider. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
3. Echols, William (14 April 2022). "Russia 'refrained from attacking Kyiv?' No, It Was Repelled". POLYGRAPH.info. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
4. "Russian forces seize Chernobyl nuclear power plant". BBC News. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
5. "New Kyiv Information Officer appointed". Nato.int. 5 June 1998. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
6. Kuzio, Taras (2012). "U.S. support for Ukraine's liberation during the Cold War: A study of Prolog Research and Publishing Corporation" . Communist and Post-Communist Studies. 45 (1/2). University of California Press: 51–64. doi:10.1016/j.postcomstud.2012.02.007. ISSN   0967-067X. JSTOR   48609660 . Retrieved 25 January 2023.
7. cia.gov. 23 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170123090539/https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/QRPLUMB%20%20%20VOL.%205%20%20%28DEVELOPMENT%20AND%20PLANS%2C%201989-91%29_0017.pdf. Archived from the original on 23 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2023.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
8. "Taras Kuzio". Center for Transatlantic Relations. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
9. "Lecturers - Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies - The Elliott School of International Affairs - The George Washington University". Gwu.edu. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
10. "The Center for Transatlantic Relations at Johns Hopkins University SAIS". Center for Transatlantic Relations. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
11. Kuzio 2022.
12. Kuzio 2017.
13. Kuzio 2015.
14. Kuzio 2013.
15. Kuzio & Hamilton 2011.
16. Kuzio 2007a.
17. Kuzio 2007b.
18. Kuzio, Taras (1 September 2020). "Empire Loyalism and Nationalism in Ukraine and Ireland". Communist and Post-Communist Studies. 53 (3). University of California Press: 88–106. doi:10.1525/cpcs.2020.53.3.88. ISSN   0967-067X.
19. "Crisis throws up four historical parallels between Ireland and Ukraine". The Irish Times. 9 April 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
20. "Taras Kuzio". Clingendael spectator. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
21. Ellyatt, Holly (24 March 2022). "Putin's invasion of Ukraine is seen as his biggest ever mistake - and it will harm Russia for years to come". CNBC. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
22. Sabbagh, Dan (10 January 2022). "What would be Russia's military options in Ukraine?". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
23. Ellyatt, Holly (8 March 2022). "How will Russia's war with Ukraine end? Here are 5 possible outcomes". CNBC. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
24. "Taras Kuzio". Foreign Affairs. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
25. Kuzio, Taras (16 December 2018). "Taras Kuzio, Author at Kyiv Post". Kyiv Post. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
26. "Taras Kuzio Archives - A bimonthly news magazine dedicated to Central and Eastern European affairs". New Eastern Europe - A bimonthly news magazine dedicated to Central and Eastern European affairs. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
27. "Taras Kuzio – E-International Relations". E-International Relations. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
28. The Crimea: Europe's Next Flashpoint? Archived 9 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine , by Taras Kuzio, November 2010

External links

• Media related to Taras Kuzio at Wikimedia Commons
• ORCID page