Mikhail A. Molchanov

BA (Kiev), PhD (Kiev), MS (New York), PhD (Alberta)

Associate Professor of Political Science

Mikhail A. Molchanov is an Associate Professor who specializes in comparative politics and international relations in Eurasia. His current research interests include regionalism in Eurasia, Russia’s relations with its neighbors and Russian foreign policy. He is co-editor and co-author of The Ashgate Research Companion to Political Leadership (Ashgate, 2009) and Ukrainian foreign and security policy: Theoretical and comparative perspectives (Praeger, 2002). His Political culture and national identity in Russian-Ukrainian relations (Texas A&M University Press, 2002) examines postcommunist nationalism as a state-building resource strategically utilized by the elites. His articles have appeared in Journal of European Integration, Nationalities Papers, Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, and Polis: politicheskie issledovaniya, among other journals. He is currently at work on a book on Eurasian regionalisms and Russian foreign policy.