Andreas Umland

Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies

Analyst

Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies

102 51 Stockholm

Sweden

http://https://www.ui.se/english/about/staff/andreas-umland/

National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA)

Associate Professor

vul. Voloska 8/5

Department of Political Science

Kyiv, 04070

Ukraine

http://https://www.ukma.edu.ua/index.php/osvita/fakulteti/fsnst/kafedra-politologiji/vykladachi

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

36

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CROSSREF CITATIONS

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Ideas:
“  Happy to receive manuscript proposals for monographs, collected volumes and anthologies to be published in my ibidem-Verlag book series "Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society" (listed in the Scopus citation index) and "Ukrainian Voices" - both distributed by Columbia University Press.  ”

Scholarly Papers (36)

1.

Post-Soviet 'Uncivil Society' and the Rise of Aleksandr Dugin: A Case Study of the Extraparliamentary Radical Right in Contemporary Russia

Number of pages: 243 Posted: 11 Jan 2017
Andreas Umland
Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies
Downloads 293 (179,708)
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Russia, fascism, civil society, right-wing extremism, nationalism, Eurasianism, Russian politics, post-Soviet affairs

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Why the Fascists Won't Take Over the Kremlin (for Now): A Comparison of Democracy's Breakdown and Fascism's Rise in Weimar Germany and Post-Soviet Russia

Higher School of Economics (Moscow), Working Paper No. 14
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 17 Aug 2010
Steffen Kailitz and Andreas Umland
Dresden University of Technology - Hannah-Arendt Institute for the Research on Totalitarianism and Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies
Downloads 212 (246,893)
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Fascism, Russia, Authoritarianism, Weimar Germany, Electoral Authoritarianism, Putin, Democratic Breakdown

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The Ukrainian Party System Before and After the 2013–2014 Euromaidan

Europe-Asia Studies, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 07 Jun 2016
Andreas Umland, Olena Rybiy and Kostyantyn Fedorenko
Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA) and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 155 (325,072)
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Ukraine, political parties, party system, Euromaidan

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Ukraine, ultra-nationalism, irregular armed groups, post-Soviet affairs, Украина, fascism

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The Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and European Fascism During World War II

Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society, 2020
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 05 Jun 2020
Andreas Umland and Yuliya Yurchuk
Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies and Sodertorn University (University College of Southern Stockholm) - Baltic and East European Graduate School (BEEGS)
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Ukraine, nationalism, fascism, extreme right, OUN, World War II

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The Ukraine Example: Nuclear Disarmament Doesn't Pay

World Affairs Journal, vol. 178, no. 4, winter 2016, pp. 45-49
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 07 Jun 2016
Andreas Umland
Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies
Downloads 91 (480,849)
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nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation, Ukraine, Russia, Budapest Memorandum

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Russia’s 2014 Annexation of Crimea in Historical Context: Discourses and Controversies

Russia’s 2014 Annexation of Crimea II
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 12 Feb 2021
Gergana Dimova and Andreas Umland
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies
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Ukraine, Russia, Crimea, Annexation

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Challenges and Promises of Comparative Research into Post-Soviet Fascism: Methodological and Conceptual Issues in the Study of the Contemporary East European Extreme Right

Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 2015
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 05 May 2016
Andreas Umland
Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies
Downloads 77 (531,789)
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fascism, Eastern Europe, nationalism, radical right, extremism

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Challenges and Implications of Ukraine's Current Transformation

VoxUkraine, 2016
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 06 May 2016
Andreas Umland and André Härtel
Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies and National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA)
Downloads 74 (544,020)

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Ukraine, transition, Euromaidan, reform, post-Soviet

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Toward an Uncivil Society? Contextualizing the Recent Decline of Extremely Right-Wing Parties in Russia

Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Working Paper No. 02-03, Harvard University
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 07 Feb 2017
Andreas Umland
Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies
Downloads 68 (569,590)
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Russia, right-wing extremism, ultra-nationalism, civil society, uncivil society, Russian politics, post-Soviet affairs, Eurasianism

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Whom Does Crimea Belong to? Russia’s Annexation of the Ukrainian Peninsula and the Question of Historical Justice

Foreign Policy Association, 2018
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 30 Jun 2020
Andreas Umland
Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies
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Crimea, Ukraine, Russia

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Vladimir Zhirinovskii in Russian Politics: Three Approaches to the Emergence of the Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia 1990-1993

Number of pages: 611 Posted: 21 Jan 2017
Andreas Umland
Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies
Downloads 59 (612,032)
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Zhirinovskii, fascism, Russia, Russian politics, right-wing extremism, post-Soviet affairs, far right

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Achievements and Prospects of Ukraine’s Decentralization Reforms Since 2014

VoxUkraine (2019)
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 15 Nov 2019
Andreas Umland and Valentyna Romanova
Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies and National Institute for Strategic Studies - Department of Regional Policy
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decentralization, Ukraine, local self-government

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Ukrainian Local Governance Prior to Euromaidan: The Pre-History of Ukraine’s Decentralization Reform

Kennan Cable No. 44, September 2019
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 12 Nov 2019
Valentyna Romanova and Andreas Umland
National Institute for Strategic Studies - Department of Regional Policy and Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies
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decentralization, Ukraine, local self-government

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Zwischen Front und Parlament: Freiwilligenverbände und Parteien in der Ukraine (Between Front and Parliament: Volunteer Troops and Parties in Ukraine)

Osteuropa, vol. 69, nos. 3-4 (2019), pp. 163–176
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 01 Jul 2019
Andreas Umland and Kostyantyn Fedorenko
Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 46 (684,289)
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Ukraine, nationalism, irregular armed groups, militias, volunteer battalions

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Amerikanischen Russlandpolitik, die Souveränität der Ukraine und der Atomwaffensperrvertrag: Ein Dreiecksverhältnis mit weitreichenden Konsequenzen (America's Russia Policy, the Sovereignty of Ukraine and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty: A Triangular Relationship with Far-Reaching Consequences)

Erschienen in "Sirius: Zeitschrift für Strategische Analysen," Bd. 1, Nr. 2, 2017, S. 133–142.
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 10 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 20 Apr 2019
Andreas Umland and Mariana Budjeryn
Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies and Harvard University Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
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NPT, Ukraine, Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Atomwaffensperrvertrag, Budapest Memorandum, US Foreign Policy

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A Neutral and Demilitarized Ukraine? Moscow’s Demands of Kyiv in Geostrategic Perspective

Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies
Number of pages: 1 Posted: 14 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2023
Andreas Umland
Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies
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Demilitarization, Ukraine, Russia, war

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How the West Can Help Ukraine: Three Strategies for Achieving a Ukrainian Victory and Rebirth

Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies, SCEEUS REPORT, No.1, 2023
Posted: 21 Apr 2023
Andreas Umland
Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies

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Ukraine

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Towards a New Notion of Central Europe: Deliberations on European Colonial Experience and Diverging Geopolitical Outlooks

SCEEUS Report, no. 10: https://sceeus.se/publikationer/towards-a-new-notion-of-central-europe-deliberations-on-european-colonial-experience-and-diverging-geopolitical-outlooks/
Posted: 04 Aug 2022
Andreas Umland and Pavlo Klimkin
Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies and Ukrainian Institute for the Future

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Central Europe; Europe; Eastern Europe

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Russia’s Inapt Dream to 'Demilitarize' Ukraine

Posted: 19 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 28 Jul 2022
Andreas Umland
Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies

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Demilitarization, Ukraine, Russia, war

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EU Mulls Putting Ukraine on Track for Membership

FOREIGN POLICY (FP) JUNE 8, 2022 https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/06/08/ukraine-eu-candidacy-membership-european-union-war-moldova-georgia/
Posted: 10 Jul 2022
Andreas Umland
Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies

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Ukraine, European Union, EU, Europa, Moldau, Georgien, Moldova, Georgia

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Five Reasons Why the EU Should Grant Ukraine a Candidate Status

European Pravda 9 JUNE 2022 https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/experts/2022/06/9/7140912/
Posted: 10 Jul 2022
Andreas Umland
Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies

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Ukraine, European Union, EU, Europa, Moldau, Georgien, Moldova, Georgia

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Russia’s Dictated Non-Peace for Ukraine in 2014-2022: Why the Minsk Agreements Were Doomed from the Start and What Lessons They Teach

SCEEUS Report No. 3 2022, https://sceeus.se/en/publications/russias-dictated-non-peace-for-ukraine-in-2014-2022/, DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.31567.15521
Posted: 01 Jun 2022
Andreas Umland and Hugo von Essen
Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies and Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies

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Ukraine, Donbas, Russia, Minsk Agreements

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Ultranationalism, Ukraine, right-wing radicalism, uncivil society [ультранационализм, Украина, правый радикализм, негражданское общество]

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Ukrainian Domestic and U.S. Foreign Affairs: Regarding a 2021 Washington Debate and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime

Policy Studies Yearbook 2022, https://www.academia.edu/75748319/Ukrainian_Domestic_and_U_S_Foreign_Affairs_Regarding_a_2021_Washington_Debate_and_the_Nuclear_Non_Proliferation_Regime
Posted: 12 Apr 2022
Andreas Umland
Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies

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Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, Eastern Europe

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A Triadic Nexus Conflict? Ukraine’s Nationalizing Policies, Russia’s Homeland Nationalism, and the Dynamics of Escalation in 2014–2019

Posted: 25 Oct 2021
Andreas Umland and Kostyantyn Fedorenko
Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Ukraine, Russia, nationalism, triadic nexus, escalation

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Between Frontline and Parliament: Ukrainian Political Parties and Irregular Armed Groups since 2014

Posted: 11 Oct 2021
Andreas Umland and Kostyantyn Fedorenko
Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Ukraine, irregular armed groups, Donbas

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Merkel’s Ambiva­lent Legacy in Post-Soviet Eastern Europe: German Ostpolitik in the Shadow of Russia’s Imperial Revenge

Zentrum Liberale Moderne, 2021; https://libmod.de/en/merkels-ambivalent-legacy-in-post-soviet-eastern-europe-umland/; DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.10275.99364 , Foreign Policy Association, 2021; https://foreignpolicyblogs.com/2021/10/08/merkels-ambivalent-legacy-in-post-soviet-eastern-europe-german-ostpolitik-in-the-shadow-of-russias-imperial-revenge/
Posted: 11 Oct 2021
Andreas Umland
Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies

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German foreign policy, Merkel, Eastern Europe

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Unexpected Friendships: Cooperation of Ukrainian Ultra-Nationalists with Russian and Pro-Kremlin Actors

Posted: 01 Oct 2021
Andreas Umland and Taras Tarasiuk
Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies and Project Coordinator

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Ukraine, Russia, far right, nationalism, radical right

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Between Frontline and Parliament: Ukrainian Political Parties and Irregular Armed Groups in 2014–2019

Posted: 12 Aug 2021
Andreas Umland and Kostyantyn Fedorenko
Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Ukraine, irregular armed groups, Donbas

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Damage Control: The Breach of the Budapest Memorandum and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime

In: Oxana Schmies, ed., NATO’s Enlargement and Russia: A Strategic Challenge in the Past and Future (Stuttgart: ibidem-Verlag, 2021), pp. 177-189. , https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350343202_Damage_Control_The_Breach_of_the_Budapest_Memorandum_and_the_Nuclear_Non-Proliferation_Regime
Posted: 26 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2021
Andreas Umland and Mariana Budjeryn
Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies and Harvard University Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies

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Ukraine

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The Far Right in Pre- and Post-Euromaidan Ukraine: From Ultra-Nationalist Party Politics to Ethno-Centric Uncivil Society

Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization
Posted: 12 Feb 2021
Andreas Umland
Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies

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Decentralising Ukraine: Geopolitical Implications

Valentyna Romanova & Andreas Umland (2019) Decentralising Ukraine: Geopolitical Implications, Survival, 61:5, 99-112, DOI: 10.1080/00396338.2019.1662108
Posted: 05 Jun 2020
Andreas Umland and Valentyna Romanova
Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies and National Institute for Strategic Studies - Department of Regional Policy

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decentralization, Ukraine, local self-government

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Ukraine’s Decentralization Reforms Since 2014: Initial Achievements and Future Challenges

Chatham House Research Papers
Posted: 05 Jun 2020
Andreas Umland and Valentyna Romanova
Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies and National Institute for Strategic Studies - Department of Regional Policy

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decentralization, Ukraine, local self-government

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How Post-Imperial Democracies Die: A Comparison of Weimar Germany and Post-Soviet Russia

Communist and Post-Communist Studies , Forthcoming
Posted: 12 Nov 2019
Steffen Kailitz and Andreas Umland
Dresden University of Technology - Hannah-Arendt Institute for the Research on Totalitarianism and Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies

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Germany, Russia, democracy

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Irregular Militias and Radical Nationalism in Post-Euromaydan Ukraine: The Prehistory and Emergence of the 'Azov' Battalion in 2014

Terrorism and Political Violence Vol. 31, #1, 2019
Posted: 18 Jun 2019
Andreas Umland
Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies

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Ukraine, nationalism, irregular armed groups, fascism, extreme right, militias

Other Papers (4)

Total Downloads: 311
1.

The Glazyev Tapes: What Moscow's Interference in Ukraine Means for the Minsk Agreements

Raam op Rusland
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 07 Feb 2017
Andreas Umland
Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies
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Russia, Ukraine, Donbass, Minsk Agreements, Sergei Glaz'ev, Ukraine Crisis

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Countering Russian Expansionism: Blueprints for a New Security Alliance

European Council on Foreign Relations
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 05 May 2016 Last Revised: 06 May 2016
Andreas Umland
Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies
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Ukraine, security, Russia, international organizations, Intermarium

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Warum die EU-Kan­di­da­tur für die Ukraine so wichtig ist

Ukraine ver­ste­hen, Jun 2022 https://ukraineverstehen.de/umland-warum-die-eu-kandidatur-fuer-die-ukraine-wichtig-ist/
Posted: 08 Jul 2022
Andreas Umland
Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies

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Ukraine, European Union, EU, Europa, Moldau, Georgien, Moldova, Georgia

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Abschied vom Wolkenkuckucksheim: Deutschlands langsamer Wiedereintritt in die Weltpolitik

Posted: 08 Jun 2022
Andreas Umland
Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies

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Ukraine, Russland, Deutschland, Aussenpolitik, Internationale Beziehungen