As we approach the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, The Australian National University (ANU) has experts who can comment on several aspects of the war.
If you would like to contact any of our experts, please reach out to the ANU Media team on our hotline +61 2 6125 7979 or by emailing [email protected]
Dr Sonia Mycak
Research Fellow, ANU Centre for European Studies
Expertise: History of conflict between Ukraine and Russia, repercussions for Europe, Ukraine requests to join NATO
Emeritus Professor Paul Dibb
ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre
Expertise: Why Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, the implications of a Russian defeat, the prospects of a negotiated settlement
Associate Professor Matthew Sussex
Fellow, ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre
Expertise: Eurasian energy security, politics of Russia and the former USSR, Russian foreign and security policy
Dr Anton Moiseienko
ANU College of Law
Expertise: State of economic sanctions against Russia in relation to enforcement of asset freezes against sanctioned oligarchs, potential confiscation of frozen assets
Dr Leonid A Petrov
Visiting Fellow, ANU School of Culture, History and Language
Expertise: The Russian aggression against Ukraine, Russia’s domestic policies and international affairs including the North Korean armament and labour exports to the Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine
Professor John Blaxland
Head of International Security and Intelligence Studies, ANU Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs
Expertise: Intelligence, security, Australian military history and strategy, defence, international relations, public policy
Mr Kyle Wilson
Visiting Fellow, ANU Centre for European Studies
Expertise: All aspects of Russia past and present with a particular focus on Russian national myths and the history of Russian thought, Sino-Russian relations, the history of Australian-Russian ties
Dr Charles Miller
Senior Lecturer, ANU School of Politics and International Relations
Expertise: Military conflict/operations, US foreign policy and grand strategy, international relations, diplomacy, use of chemical weapons
Dr Benjamin Herscovitch
Research Fellow, ANU National Security College and ANU School of Regulation and Global Governance
Expertise: China’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Australia and the broader international response to Russia’s invasion, implications of Russia’s invasion for China’s approach to Taiwan
Associate Professor Stephen Fortescue
Visiting Fellow, ANU Centre for European Studies
Expertise: Also an Honorary Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales, he is an expert in contemporary Russian politics and economics and can comment on the situation in Russia and the current state of the economy
Professor Rory Medcalf
Head, ANU National Security College
Expertise: Implications for Indo-Pacific and global security, Taiwan parallels, the China-Russia dimension, democratic solidarity with Ukraine, the Finnish and Swedish NATO membership
Professor Stephan Frühling
ANU Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs
Expertise: Australian defence policy, nuclear weapons, NATO reaction and support to Ukraine, European security, nuclear warfare concerns
Katherine Mansted
Senior Fellow, ANU National Security College
Expertise: Cyber warfare and cyber impacts for Australia
Professor Clive Williams
Visiting Fellow, ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre
Expertise: Conduct of the war, longer term prospects, benefits for the US, propaganda by both sides
Professor Donald Rothwell
ANU College of Law
Expertise: International humanitarian law, war crimes, war crimes prosecutions, International Criminal Court, Ukraine/Russia International Court of Justice proceedings
