Experts available on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Soviet Union historian

Associate Professor of Political Science

• (847) 372-4626
• jordan.gans-morse@northwestern.edu

• Former Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia
• Corruption, the rule of law, property rights and political and economic transitions, with a focus on the former Soviet Union

Jordan Gans-Morse has lived and researched in Ukraine.

Political historian

Associate Professor of History

• (847) 491-7172
• m-allen1@northwestern.edu

• History of war and empire
• U.S. political and diplomatic history

Political historian

Professor and Director of the Equality Development and Globalization Studies program

• (847) 491-2630
• winters@northwestern.edu

• History of oligarchs
• Politics of wealth and how targeted sanctions could shape the outcome of the war

Cyber intelligence expert

Senior Fellow and Adjunct Professor in the Kellogg Executive Leadership Institute

• michael.rogers@kellogg.northwestern.edu

• Cyber attacks and cyber intelligence

Michael Rogers spent four years as Commander of U.S. Cyber Command and was previously the director of the National Security Agency. He worked with the leadership of the U.S. government, the Department of Defense and the U.S. Intelligence community as well as their international counterparts on cyber and intelligence activity and policy.

Global cybersecurity expert

Walter P. Murphy Professor of Computer Science
Buffett Faculty Fellow, Buffett Institute for Global Affairs

• (847) 467-2490
• vss@northwestern.edu
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• Cybersecurity and artificial intelligence
• National and multinational cybersecurity policy
• Running and detecting social influence campaigns

International law expert

Professor of Political Science

• (847) 491-4847
• ianhurd@northwestern.edu

• International law and organizations
• Politics of legitimacy at the United Nations
• UN reform

Modern Ukraine expert

Crown Family Professor of Jewish Studies and Professor of History

• (847) 467-3399
• yps@northwestern.edu

• War and empire
• History and culture of Ukraine

Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern has studied in Russia and been a visiting professor at universities in Kyiv and Lviv, Ukraine. He also is an amateur artist whose work has appeared in several museums, including Ukrainian Museum in New York.

International law expert

Executive Director of the Northwestern Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
Associate Provost for Global Affairs
Professor of Law

• annelise.riles@northwestern.edu

• International law
• International human rights
• Global financial regulation

Russian public opinion expert

Associate Research Professor, Institute for Policy Research
Senior Lecturer, School of Communication

• olga.kamenchuck@northwestern.edu

• International public opinion
• Strategic public diplomacy

Olga Kamenchuck has 15 years of professional polling and public opinion research experience in the former Soviet Union and is a leading expert on Russian public opinion. 

International relations expert

Ambassador in Residence, International Studies and Slavic Languages and Literature

• ian.kelly@northwestern.edu

• Global diplomatic strategy
• International context of invasion
• Potential motivations for attack
• Impact to democracy abroad

Prior to joining Northwestern's faculty as ambassador in residence, Ian Kelly was U.S. ambassador to Georgia, ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, State Department spokesperson, and director of the Office of Russian Affairs in Washington, D.C.

International law expert

Norman Dwight Harris Professor of Political Science and Law
Co-Director of the Global Capitalism and Law Research Group
Co-Chair of the Organization of Women Faculty

• (847) 491-4842
• kalter@northwestern.edu
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• Construction of global economic rules regulating trade and money
• Determinants of politically sustainable capitalism
• Limitations of sanctions' effectiveness

Political conflict expert

Professor of Political Science
Director of Graduate Studies of Political Science

• (847) 491-5794
• reno@northwestern.edu

• Politics of violent conflict
• Political effects of foreign military assistance
• Avenues to provide aid to Ukraine
• Avoiding escalation of nuclear conflict

China expert

James J. O'Connor Professor of Managerial Economics & Decision Sciences

• (847) 491-2531
• nancy.qian@kellogg.northwestern.edu

• Chinese economy and global economic impact

Sanctions expert

John L. and Helen Kellogg Professor of Managerial Economics & Decision Sciences

• (847) 467-4613
• baliga@kellogg.northwestern.edu

• Maximizing the effectiveness of sanctions
• Factors that prolong war
• Game theory and international relations

Boycotts expert

Max McGraw Chair in Management and the Environment
Professor of Management & Organizations
Chair of Management & Organizations Department

• (847) 467-6950
• b-king@kellogg.northwestern.edu

• Effectiveness of consumer boycotts in driving changes to policy or business behavior
• How social movement activists influence corporate social responsibility, organizational change and policy making
• Ways in which reputations of businesses and social movement organizations emerge and change

Brand expert

Clinical Professor of Marketing

• (847) 467-3209
• t-calkins@kellogg.northwestern.edu

• Factors driving businesses' decisions about whether to continue operating in Russia
• Impact to the brand of businesses that continue relations with Russia

Gas price expert

Clinical Professor of Finance

• (847) 467-4563
• phillip-braun@kellogg.northwestern.edu

• Impact of the war on consumer prices for items including oil, gas and fuel
• Interaction of the macroeconomy with financial markets

Tax law expert

Professor of Law Emerita

• (312) 503-4528
• ccrane@law.northwestern.edu

• Effectiveness of temporarily lifting the gas tax