Andreas Umland is Senior Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for European Security in the Institute of International Relations at Prague, Principal Researcher of the Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation at Kyiv, and General Editor of the ibidem-Verlag book series “Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society”.

Dr. Olexander Hryb is a London based writer with over 20 years of experience in research, analysis, media, and PR. He studied history, politics, and the sociology of culture in Lviv, Prague, and Warsaw. Olexander worked as a broadcaster and online journalist for the BBC World Service, Polish Radio (Overseas Service) and as analyst for DCD Intelligence. He is currently an associated member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology as well as a Cultural Adviser in the British Army. His articles have appeared in the Ukrainian Review (London), Border and Territorial Disputes of the World series (John Harper), and British Army Review.