Haran Alexey

Biography

Date of Birth: 17.06.1959

Place of Birth and Education. Born in Kyiv. In 1981, he graduated from the Faculty of International Relations and Law of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. PhD in Historical Sciences (1996).

Career. 1991-1992 - organizer-dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the National University 'Kyiv-Mohyla Academy'.

1993-1998 - Associate Professor of the Department of Political Science at NaUKMA.

1993-1996 - Head of the Center for Political Analysis of the Kyiv socio-political newspaper 'Den'.

Since 1998 - Professor of the Department of Political Science at NaUKMA. Head of the Center for National Security Studies and the School of Political Analysis at NaUKMA. The Center was established in 1998 to study the internal and external factors of Ukraine's national security, prepare academic publications and analytical materials. In 2002, the Center opened the School of Political Analysis - an analytical and training center for the professional training of NaUKMA students and graduate students in the field of applied political science and policy analysis.

From 2005 to 2006 - Regional Vice President of the Eurasia Foundation for Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova.

Since 2015 - Scientific Director of the Foundation 'Democratic Initiatives' named after Ilko Kucheriv.

Author of books. 'Transatlantic Debates: The West European Turn to Détente and the Position of the USA' (1990), 'Ukraine Multi-Party: Program Documents of New Parties' (1991), 'Killing the Dragon: From the History of the Movement and New Parties of Ukraine' (1993), 'Disintegration of the Soviet Union and the Position of the USA Towards Ukraine's Independence' (1995), 'Formation of Power Structures in Ukraine (1991-1996)' (1997), 'Ukrainian Left: Between Leninism and Social Democracy' (2000), 'Political and Economic Transformations in Russia and Ukraine' (2003), 'Ukraine in Europe: Questions and Answers' (2009).

Lectures. Has lectured abroad many times (Harvard University, Columbia University, University of Berkeley, Stanford University, Carnegie Foundation for International Security, RAND, The Brookings Institution, The School of Slavonic and East European Studies (London) and others.) Alexey Haran's analytical reports have been published at the Kennedy School of Government (Harvard), the Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington), The Federal Institute for East European Studies (Cologne) and others. He has commented for 'The New York Times', 'The Financial Times', 'The Economist', 'Gazeta Wyborcza', 'The Baltimore Sun' and many others.

17.06.2022.