UBC scholars are available for media analysis of the continuing crisis in Ukraine, from the prospect of civil war to Russia’s increasingly tense relationship with the international community, including Canada.
CURRENTLY IN UKRAINE
Anastasiya Salnykova (in Kyiv)
PhD candidate, UBC Dept. of Political Science
Contact via UBC Public Affairs: 604.822.2048, basil.waugh@ubc.ca
- Russian and Ukrainian politics
- Ethnic relations in Ukraine
POLITICS
Michael Byers
Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law
Tel: 604.822.3049
Email: michael.byers@ubc.ca
- Geopolitics, including NATO-Russia
- Military force (including diplomatic and legal aspects)
- Russian foreign relations
- Canada’s response
Allen Sens
Dept. of Political Science
Tel: 604.822.6127
Email: asens@politics.ubc.ca
- Military and security
- Geopolitics
Arjun Chowdhury
Dept. of Political Science
Tel: 604.822.1480
Email: arjun.chowdhury@ubc.ca
- Civil war
- Autocratic regimes
- Ukraine’s difficult path to democracy (Read Q&A)
Allan Craigie
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dept. of Political Science
Email: Allan.craigie@ubc.ca
Tel. 604.822.4731
- Russian nationalism
- Canadian politics
BUSINESS
Viktoria Hnatkovska (born in Ukraine)
UBC’s Vancouver School of Economics
Tel. 604.822.2408
Email: Viktoriya.Hnatkovska@ubc.ca
- Economic impacts of the crisis
Keith Head
Sauder School of Business
Tel: 604.822.8492
Email: keith.head@sauder.ubc.ca
- Impacts on International trade/business