University of Warsaw graduate holding both a master’s and bachelor’s degree in International Relations. During the master’s course, he pursued a specialisation in Security and Strategic Studies. Prior to his graduation in 2021, in the year 2018-2019, he also did an exchange semester within the Erasmus programme at Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

Specializations: FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

Ihor’s key areas of interest cover foreign and security policies of Central and Eastern European states, European Union and NATO enlargement, the role of politics of history/ memory politics and ethnic minorities in foreign policy-making, and Russian influence in South-Eastern Europe. Privately he is an admirer of Europe’s post-WWI history, studies on nationalism and Balkan culture and languages. Ihor speaks fluently Ukrainian, Polish, English, and Russian and is currently learning German.

Selected publications:

• CEE and Democracy in Ukraine,
• Presidential Elections in the Czech Republic – Potential Implications for the Country, EU and NATO,
• Hungary’s Policy of Non-Engagement in the Armed Conflict in Ukraine – What is the Rationale Behind This?,
• President Zelensky Visits Warsaw After a Year of Full-scale War in Ukraine,
• The Reason Behind Destabilisation of Moldova,
• Bulgaria as a Breeding Ground for Russia’s Influence in the Balkans,

Permanently in: Warsaw