Updated: Russia invades Ukraine: SFU experts available

The following SFU experts are available to comment on the Russia-Ukraine conflict: 

AVAILABLE SFU EXPERTS

ELIS VLLASI, lecturer, political science, NATO Field School 
evllasi@sfu.ca                   
Expertise: Russian influence operations, hybrid warfare and NATO security 

JAMES HORNCASTLE, assistant professor, humanities, Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations 
jhorncas@sfu.ca                 
Expertise: International relations, refugees, migration, NATO, Balkan history, special military operations

SVITLANA MATVIYENKO, assistant professor of critical media analysis, School of Communication & associate director of the Digital Democracies Institute      
(Note: currently in Ukraine, please note 10 hour time difference and please contact mediarelations@sfu.ca to arrange an interview)          
Expertise: general situation, sense of reality on the ground, cyber warfare (DDos, drones, disinformation, social media etc.), Russian imperialism and how it plays out in the current war

RADOSLAV DIMITROV, associate professor, political science
rdimitro@sfu.ca                 
Expertise: UN diplomacy, global environmental politics

STEVAN BOZANICH, PhD candidate, history 
stevan_bozanich@sfu.ca                  
Expertise: conflict in Eastern Europe, genocide and military cultures

IIYA VINKOVETSKY, associate professor, history
ivink@sfu.ca                  
Expertise: Russian history including culture, commerce, politics, and colonial practices

NICOLE JACKSON, professor, international studies (available by phone/email only) nicole_jackson@sfu.ca  
Expertise: Russia/Ukraine crisis (how it got to this point), Russia’s (military and other) involvement generally in the former Soviet space and conflicts therein, Russian hybrid conflict, Canada (and NATO) involvement in the crisis

DOUG MCARTHUR, professor emeritus, public policy
doug_mcarthur@sfu.ca
Expertise: the developing situation in Ukraine, political processes

PAUL MEYER, professor, international studies
pmeyer@sfu.ca
Expertise: Russia and Ukraine crisis, the role of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and NATO

ALEX MOENS, department chair and professor, political science alexander_moens@sfu.ca
Expertise: NATO, defence relations, great power competition, international security

STEWART PREST, lecturer, political science
stewartp@sfu.ca
Expertise: Canada’s response to the Russian-Ukraine crisis

CONTACT 

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236.880.3297 | melissa_shaw@sfu.ca

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