Richard Sakwa

Richard Sakwa (born 1953) is Professor of Russian and European politics at the University of Kent. He writes books about Russian and Eastern European communist and post-communist politics.

Career

Sakwa is currently Professor of Russian and European politics at the University of Kent. From 2001 to 2007 he was also the head of the University's Politics and International Relations department. He has published on Soviet, Russian and post-communist affairs, and has written and edited several books and articles on the subject.[1][2]

Sakwa was also a participant of Valdai International Discussion Club, an Associate Fellow of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, a member of the Advisory Boards of the Institute of Law and Public Policy in Moscow and a member of Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences.[1]

Frontline Ukraine

His book Frontline Ukraine, interprets Russian military intervention in Ukraine as a reaction by Russia to westwards expansion of NATO.[3] The book was sharply criticised by Ukrainian-British academic Taras Kuzio, who accused Sakwa of "little expertise on Ukraine", "a penchant for pursuing conspiracy theories", "poor analysis, numerous mistakes and weak sources".[4]

Published works

Books

Russian edition: to be published in Russian by Rosspen.
Putin: El Elegido de Rusia (Madrid, Ediciones Folio, S.A., 2005). [ISBN 84-413-2251-1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Professor Richard Sakwa". University of Kent. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  2. Richard Sakwa, ed. (2005). Chechnya: From Past to Future. Anthem Press. ISBN 978-1-84331-164-5.
  3. Whitmore, Brian (3 June 2016). "The Morning Vertical, June 3, 2016". RFE/RL. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  4. Kuzio, Taras (21 June 2016). "When an academic ignores inconvenient facts". New Eastern Europe. Retrieved 25 June 2016.

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