Department of International Relations, Faculty of International Relations, Political Science and Sociology, Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University. Vsevolodа Zmienko 2, Odesa, Ukraine, 65082.

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ORCID ID: Volodymyr Dubovyk
Google Scholar: Volodymyr Dubovyk

Telephone (+380 482) 63 32 59; Fax (+380 482) 68 72 84;

• Since 1996 – Associate Professor of the Department of International Relations.
• Since 1996 – Senior Research Fellow and Director (since 1999) of the Centre for International Studies of Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University.
• 1996 – Candidate of Political Sciences, Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University. Dissertation topic: "US Policy towards Ukraine (1991-1996): Analysis of Foreign Policy Concepts".

Main courses: Theory of international relations. Foreign policy of Ukraine. Theory of international conflicts. Foreign policy of the United States.

Membership in associations: International Studies Association (ISA, 2001-2008). European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR). Standing Group on International Relations (SGIR, 2007-2013). Ukrainian Association for American Studies, Association for International Studies of Central and East Europe. European Association of Alumni of the Wilson Center. Ukrainian Association for Political Science. American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS, 1997-1999). Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN, 1997-1999). American Association for Ukrainian Studies (AAUS, 1997-2004).

List of main publications:

• Kann die Ukraine mit der Unterstutzung der USA rechnen, um einen gerechten Frieden zu erreichen? // Ukraine – Analysen, #306, 15.11.2024.
• Ukraine will not accept the peace of the graveyard // Center for European Policy Analysis, October 11, 2024.
• Praise the West but pass the ammunition // Center for European Policy Analysis, September 17, 2024.
• Reaction: Ukraine government shake-up // Center for European Policy Analysis, September 6, 2024.
• Resilience, reconstruction, recovery: The path ahead for Ukraine // Center for European Policy Analysis, April 10, 2024.
• The Ukraine war enters its third year // Prospect Foundation, March 20, 2024.
• If you think we are abandoning Crimea, think again // Center for European Policy Analysis, March 19, 2024.
• Ukraine two years on: sobriety, sadness, and an absolute determination to fight // Center for European Policy Analysis, February 21, 2024.
• Understanding Ukraine’s military shakeup // Center for European Policy Analysis, February 13, 2024.
• Containing Russia, Securing Europe // Center for European Policy Analysis, January 31, 2024 (co-author);
• Clearing the air: secretary Blinken visits Ukraine // https://www.ponarseurasia.org/clearing-the-air-secretary-blinken-visits-ukraine/ PONARS Eurasia, September 19, 2023
• Where the Jeddah peace talks a real step toward peace? // Center for European Policy Analysis, August 16, 2023;
• Quo Vadis, Black Sea: Regional security in limbo // Fletcher Forum, May 2, 2023;
• Kyiv-Washington relations in times of colossal war: the ultimate test of a strategic partnership // PONARS Eurasia, January 11, 2023;
• Ukraine’s internally displaced persons // PONARS Eurasia, March 10, 2022;
•  Dominating Ukraine’s sky // PONARS Eurasia, March 5, 2022;
• Footing restored: Nudging Ukraine forward in the Biden-Zelensky era // PONARS Eurasia, November 8, 2021;
• Zelenskyy’s U.S. visit reaffirms partnership. But much work lies ahead // Zentrum Liberale Moderne, September 9, 2021.
• U.S.-Ukraine relations under Joe Biden: security and domestic reforms as mutually reinforcing pillars // Zentrum Liberale Moderne, May 26, 2021.
• Brusylovska, Olga, Dubovyk, Volodymyr, and Koval, Igor (eds.). Black Sea Region in World Policy: Actors, Factors, and Scenarios of the Future. Odesa: Odesa Mechnikov National University Press, 2020.
• Dubovyk, V. Kyiv should stay out of U.S. politics // New Eastern Europe, June 10, 2020.
• No reason to roil Kyiv-Washington relations today // Kyiv Post, May 24, 2020.
• Ukraine lacks leadership as coronavirus crisis escalates // Atlantic Council Ukraine Blog, April 8, 2020.
• U.S. role in the Black Sea region // UA: Ukraine Analytica”, issue 1 (19), 2020, p. 66-71.
• U.S. - Ukraine ties after the impeachment drama // Atlantic Council Ukraine Blog, February 4, 2020.
• EU-U.S. relations under president Trump / Brusylovska Olga, and Koval Igor (eds.), Prospects of Development in EU Politics: Global and Regional Dimensions. Odesa: Odesa Mechnikov National University Press, 2019. P. 116-135.
• How the Trump administration’s contradictory policies impact Ukraine // PONARS Eurasia, January 2019.
• Ukraine still needs U.S., European support and the ongoing scandal must not undermine it // New Eastern Europe, 29.09.2019.
• U.S. - Ukraine relations undergo a hard test: implications // PONARS Eurasia, October 4, 2019.
• Defying marginality: explaining Ukraine’s and Georgia’s drive towards Europe // Journal of Contemporary European Studies, vol. 27, issue 4, 2019, p. 451-462 (in co-authorship)
• The U.S and Ukraine: a partnership in action: the Trump - Zelensky indignity failed to derail bilateral cooperation // PONARS Eurasia, Memo # 626, November 22, 2019.

International conferences, seminars, schools, internships: 

Presidential elections in Ukraine: implications for the future of the country (Helsinki, 2019). The future of Europe: prospects for modern development (Sibiu, 2019). Five years in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict: what role for the West? (Budapest, 2019). Ninth Sahara Memorial Conference (Vilnius, 2019).

Peace-building in Eurasia: Education, Identity and Politics (Bishkek, 2019). PONARS Eurasia Annual Conference (Washington, 2019). 25 years of partnership with NATO: what has been achieved and what has gone wrong? (Istanbul, 2019). From Helsinki to Berlin: Europe and the end of the Cold War” (Lisbon, 2019). Interconnected security? Military Activity, Status and Risk Reduction in the Barents, Baltic and Black Seas (Tromsø, 2019), Roundtable "Russian aggression against Ukraine" (Cambridge, 2022). Ukraine before attack (Harvard, 2022). NATO-Ukraine relations after the Russian war (Columbia, 2022). Russian strategic thinking (RUSI, London, 022).

Future of European security: new challenges and possibilities (Tufts, U.S.).  Second Dignity dialogue on food and energy security (Kinshasa, 2022). The Russia's war on Ukraine: security options, identity shifts and more. The view from Odesa (McGill, Montreal, Canada, 2022).  Black Sea security and Ukraine’s foreign policy (Tufts, U.S., 2022). Ukraine between NATO, the EU, and Russia (Vermont, U.S., 2022). War, Ukraine, and European Union (Illinois, U.S., 2022). ASEEES convention (Chicago, 2022).

The hardest nine months: how the War is changing Ukraine, region and the world (Lehigh, U.S., 2022). A decade of war. When and how the Russian war against Ukraine might end? (Loccum, Germany, 20224). Polish international studies association convention (Krakow, 2022). Ukraine and us. What kind of peace? (Berlin 2024). The historical commonwealth of four nations. The legacy of the idea and future prospects (Warsaw, 2024). The Russo-Ukrainian war and global human security (Kansas, U.S. 2024). Truth or truce in the Russian war against Ukraine? Considering positions, interests, and needs for negotiation (Florence, 2024). Decolonizing Ukraine in theory and practice (Harvard, 2024).