February 24 marks two years since Russia’s escalation of its war on Ukraine with a full-scale invasion. The following experts are available to media for comment on the current state of the conflict.
Oleksa Drachewych
Assistant Professor, History, King’s University College
Areas of expertise: Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian foreign policy, Russian politics and interests, history of Soviet and modern European foreign policy, transnational anti-imperialism.
Marta Dyczok
Associate Professor, Political Science, History
Areas of expertise: International politics and history with a focus on East Central Europe and Ukraine, war of information, history, mass media, migration, post-communism.
Victoria Esses
Professor, Psychology; Director, Centre for Research on Migration and Ethnic Relations
Areas of expertise: Refugee flows, Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) responses to refugees, immigration and cultural diversity, ethnic relations.
Matthew Lebo
Professor and Chair, Political Science
Areas of expertise: U.S. support for Ukraine, politics of U.S. aid, war’s effect on domestic politics in U.S., effect of foreign crises on elections, political parties in Congress.
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