Taras Kuzio's expertise in Ukrainian political, economic and security affairs, and extensive publications on contemporary Ukraine are internationally recognized and influential on policy making towards Ukraine. Kuzio Associates is a fully independent consultancy, with no affiliation to any government, political party or institution. Our analysis and consultancy provides a reality check on developments within Ukraine and of international opinion about Ukraine. Kuzio Associates does not give any spin to its reports and advice which draws on over two decades of expertise on Ukraine. Dr. Kuzio has prepared papers, given talks, and participated in the preparation of reports to numereous U.S. government agencies, including the United States Department of State, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the U.S. Institute for Peace.
In addition, Dr. Kuzio delivered Congressional testimony to the U.S. Senate’s Committee on International Relations and the U.S. Congress’ Helsinki Commission, United States European Command, and Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis.
Prior to his work at George Washington University and with the U.S. government, Dr. Kuzio was a resident fellow at the University of Toronto’s Centre for Russian and East European Studies and the head of mission at NATO’s Information and Documentation Office in Kyiv. He also served as editor for the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Ukraine, Country Forecast, Business Monitor International’s Eastern Europe Monitor and the Ukraine Business Review and as deputy editor for Soviet Nationality Survey and Soviet Ukrainian Affairs.
In addition to his consultancy agreements with the U.S. government, Dr. Kuzio was a senior advisor for the Council of Foreign Relations to the Ukrainian Parliament, and a program officer for National Endowment for Democracy-funded projects to support civil society and independent media in Ukraine. He has presented to think tanks including the American Enterprise Institute, Carnegie Endowment, Heritage Foundation, Center for Strategic & International Studies, Kennan Institute, Brookings Institution, and the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis and to universities including George Washington University, George Mason University, Stanford University, Columbia University, Yale University, Johns Hopkins University, Brown University, and Harvard University.
He is the author of Ukrainian Security Policy (Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1995), Ukraine under Kuchma (Macmillam, 1997), Ukraine. State and Nation Building (Routledge, 1998), Ukraine. Perestroika to Independence (Macmillan, 1994 and 2000) and joint author Politics and Society in Ukraine (Westview, 1999). Editor of Contemporary Ukraine. Dynamics of Post-Soviet Transformation (M.E. Sharpe, 1998) and the joint editor of State and Institution Building in Ukraine (St.Martin's Press, 1999), Ukrainian Foreign and Security Policy. Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives (Praeger, 2002), and Dilemmas of State-Led Nation Building in Ukraine (Praeger, 2002). Taras Kuzio has published in a wide range of academic journals on post-Soviet and Ukrainian politics, economics and international relations. He writes regularly for a wide variety of media outlets, including a long time contributor to Jane’s Information Group and Oxford Analytica.
Dr. Kuzio received a Ph.D in political science from the University of Birmingham, England; a Master of Arts (distinction) in USSR/East Europe area studies from the University of London, England; and a Bachelor of Arts (honors) in economics from the University of Sussex. He speaks fluent Ukrainian and has a medium level proficiency in Russian and Polish.
Taras Kuzio is President of Kuzio Associates, an independent consultancy and government communications company based in Washington DC and Kyiv.
