U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin announced they plan to meet in Hungary next week to discuss peace prospects in Ukraine. Western University has the following experts available to discuss the impact of the meeting.
Oleksa Drachewych
Assistant Professor, History
Areas of expertise: Peace negotiations, Russian foreign policy, Russian politics and interests, history of Soviet and modern European foreign policy, transnational anti-imperialism.
Marta Dyczok
Associate Professor, Political Science and 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.
Matthew Lebo
Professor, Political Science
Areas of expertise: Trump’s foreign policy, 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.
Blair Welsh
Assistant Professor, Political Science
Areas of expertise: Causes of armed violence, Russia-Ukraine conflicts, post-conflict recovery.
MEDIA CONTACT: Justin Zadorsky, Media Relations Officer, Western University, 226.377.1673 (mobile), jzadorsk@uwo.ca.
