The Australian National University (ANU) has experts who can comment on several aspects of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
They can be contacted directly, or through the ANU media hotline on +61 2 6125 7979 or by emailing [email protected].
Dr Sonia Mycak
Research Fellow at the ANU Centre for European Studies
Ph: +61 402 123 590
Expertise: History of conflict between Ukraine and Russia, repercussions for Europe and Ukraine requests to join NATO.
Emeritus Professor Paul Dibb
ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre
Ph: +61 414 496 212
Expertise: International relations and foreign public policy.
Mr Clive Williams
Visiting Fellow at the ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre
Ph: +61 421 374 277
Expertise: NATO, terrorism and counterterrorism, intelligence and security.
Dr Leonid A Petrov
Visiting Fellow at the ANU School of Culture, History and Language
Ph: +61 403 076 604
Expertise: Communist and post-communist studies (USSR, Russia, Commonwealth of Independent States).
Professor John Blaxland
Head of International Security and Intelligence Studies at the ANU Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs
Ph: +61 429 824 169
Expertise: Intelligence, security, Australian military history and strategy, defence, international relations, public policy.
Mr Kyle Wilson
Visiting Fellow at the ANU Centre for European Studies
Ph: +61 2 6125 7979
Expertise: All aspects of Russia past and present with a particular focus on Russian national myths and the history of Russian thought, Sino-Russian relations and the history of Australian-Russian ties.
Dr Kirill Nourzhanov
Senior Lecturer at the ANU Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies
Ph: +61 403 446 848
Expertise: Russian history and politics including the former USSR; security and international relations between the Central Asian countries.
