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1 Nicholas Ross Smith, PhD SPECIALISATIONS Foreign Policy Analysis especially EU foreign policy and Russian foreign policy Geopolitics & Geoeconomics especially Eastern Europe but also Asia-Pacific International Relations theory especially realism & constructivism Democracy & Democratisation especially Athenian democracy & post -Soviet democratisation ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS National Centre for Research on Europe, University of Canterbury Postdoctoral fellow June 2016 to present UUNZ Campus Auckland, University of Southern Queensland Contract Lecturer March 2016 to July 2016 Politics & International Relations, University of Auckland Contract Lecturer Dec 2015 to March 2016 Social Sciences and Public Policy, Auckland University of Technology Contract Lecturer June 2015 to Nov 2015 Politics & International Relations, University of Auckland Contract Lecturer Dec 2014 to March 2015 UNIVERSITY EDUCATION PhD in Politics & International Relations, University of Auckland (2016) Thesis title: EU-Russian C ompetition in their Shared N eighbourhood: A Contest for Ukraine? Passed with no corrections (highest possible grade) MA in European Studies, University of Canterbury (2011) Thesis title: EU Normative Socialisation in its Eastern Neighbourhood: Democratisation in Armenia through the European Neighbourhood Policy Passed with Distinction BA (Hons) in Political Science, University of Canterbury (2008) Passed with First Class Honours (awarded outstanding student prize) AWARDS WISC conference travel award recipient (2017) Finalist for AUSM lecturer of the year at AUT (2015) EUCN NZ scholarship (2015) European Foreign Affairs Review Best Article Prize for a young scholar (2015) APSA conference travel grant recipient (2014) OCIS conference student bursary recipient (2014) University of Auckland Doctoral Research Award (2013)

2 BOOKS EU-Russian Relations and the Ukraine Crisis (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2016). PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES The re -emergence of a mirror image in West -Russia relations?. International Politics. Online first (2017). What the West can learn from rationalizing Russia s action in Ukraine, Orbis, Vol.61, no.3 (2017), The EU under a realist scope: Employing a neoclassical realist approach for the analysis of the EU s foreign trade policy, International Relations, Vol.30, no.1 (2016), The EU and Russia s conflicting regime preferences in Ukraine: Assessing regime promotion strategies in the scope of the Ukraine crisis, European Security, Vol.24, no.4 (2015), The Underpinning Realpolitik of the EU s Policies towards Ukraine: An Analysis of Interests and Norms in the EU -Ukraine Association Agreement, European Foreign Affairs Review, Vol.19, no.4 (2014), The EU s difficulty in translating interests into effective foreign policy action: A look at the Ukraine crisis, Baltic Journal of European Studies, Vol.4, no.1 (2014), In Croatia s Slipstream or on an Alternative Road? Assessing the objective case for the remaining Western Balkan states acceding into the EU (Milenko Petrovic), Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, Vol.13, no.4 (2013), The EU s reaction to the Arab Spring: External media portrayals in China, India and Russia (with Serena Kelly), European Foreign Affairs Review, Vol.18, no.2 (2013), The EU s Utilization of Conditionality in the European Neighbourhood Policy: The Case of the 2008 Armenian Presidential Election, EU External Affairs Review, Vol.2, no.1 (2012), The EU s Two-Track Promotion of Democracy in its Eastern Neighbourhood: Examining the C ase of Armenia, Asia-Pacific Journal of EU Studies, Vol.10, no.1 (2012), Europeanization through socialization? The EU s interaction with civil society organizations in Armenia, Demokratizatsiya : The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization, Vol.19, no.4 (2011), The potential of return migration as a resource for EU public diplomacy efforts : a case-study of N ew Zealand return migrants from the EU (with Martin Holland and Natalia Chaban), European Journal of Cross-Cultural Competence and Management, Vol.1, no.4 (2010), BOOK CHAPTERS The EU s trade power in its Eastern frontier: Assessing its triangular trade relationship with Ukraine and Russia, in M. Garcia, S. Khorana and J. Orbie (eds.), Handbook on European Union Trade Policy (Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2017). Ukraine s democratisation path post -Orange revolution: Examining the internal & external impediments to democratic reform, in S. Fish, G. Gill and M. Petrovic (eds.), A Quarter Century of Postcommunism Assessed (Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan, 2017).

3 ESSAYS The Trump-Russia collusion is bad, but let s not forget the un-answered questions about America s inept democracy, Journal of International Affairs (2017). Time for fresh ideas in Ukraine s democratisation efforts, New Eastern Europe (2016). The West, the Liberal Order and (Post -Coup) Turkey. European Geostrategy (2016) [peer reviewed ]. Civil society development is the key to rejuvenating Ukraine s democratisation efforts, Ukraine Democracy Initiative (2016). Rethinking Eurasia's future (with Zbigniew Dumienski ). Open Democracy (2015). A fork in the road? Ukraine s difficult position between East and West. Australia and New Zealand Journal of European Studies (2013) [peer reviewed] RECENT COMMENTARIES New Zealand s first -past-the-post hangover could limit coalition options (with Pii- Tuulia Nikula), The Conversation (2017) Deeper causes of terrorism need to be addressed, The New Zealand Herald (2017). The Problem with Elections, Newsroom (2017). Trump is the wild card in the latest standoff, The New Zealand Herald (2017). The West s hyperbole on North Korea will only fuel Kim Jong -un, The Conversation (2017). Yes, the world is volatile right now. But don t start packing yet for WWIII, The Spinoff (2017). Trump forsaking NATO would be a win for Putin, Elgar blog (2016). The spread of Isis and a values void in the West. The Spinoff (2016). China will be the winner if US backs out of the TPP, The Conversation (2016). The Trump phenomenon proves that electoral politics has failed. Time to try something new, The Spinoff (2016). Why a Remain vote in is best for NZ, The New Zealand Herald (2016). Could Taiwan be Asia -Pacific s Ukraine?, Global Politics (2016). Beyond trade, the TPP is about a new, mega -regional race for power, The Spinoff (2016). A land value tax could fix Australasia s housing crisis (with Zbigniew Dumienski ). The Conversation (2015). Citizens' juries could reduce Auckland's democratic deficit (with Zbigniew Dumienski ). The New Zealand Herald (2015). Why the West Should Reflect on its Russia Strategy. New Eastern Europe (2014). Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia are close to reaching EU accession standards (with M ilenko Petrovic). LSE Euro Politics and Policy Blog (2014). Russia s Unpragmatic Turn in its Near Abroad, New Eastern Europe (2014). The Real Ukraine (with Zbigniew Dumienski), Jerusalem Post (2013).

4 RECENT CONFERENCES The agency of smaller states caught in the middle of great power rivalries Statehood, Sovereignty, and Secession Conference at the University of Otago, New Zealand, 31 August 'EU -Russian Relations and the Ukraine Crisis', WISC Conference at the National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 1-3 April 2017 'Rationalising Russia: The mediating interplay of identity and perceptions on Russia s Ukraine policy since 2013, NZPSA Conference at the University of Waikato, New Zealand, November The complexities of the Russia -Ukraine -EU energy relationship: Short term cooperation, long term competition? EU Centre Conference at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand, November The exaggeration of NPE: Assessing the EU s democracy promotion efforts, EUSAAP Conference at Korea University, South Korea, 11-12th June 2015 The EU and Russia s conflicting regime preferences in Ukraine, A Quarter Century of Post-Communism: Conference at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, February 2-3rd The EU and Russia s conflicting regime preferences in Ukraine, 2014 APSA Conference at University of Sydney, Australia, September 28-30th The EU under a realist scope, 2014 OCIS Conference at University of Melbourne, Australia, 10-11th July The EU as a Realist actor? The Virtues of a Neoclassical Realist Approach for the Analysis of EU Foreign Policy Outcomes, 2013 NZPSA Conference at University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 3-4th December 2013 Closing the capabilities -expectations gap post -Lisbon?, 2012 EUSAAP Conference at National University of Singapore, Singapore, 4-5th June RECENT SEMINARS/PUBLIC LECTURES Why the EU will survive and why it matters, Seminar for Model EU, Auckland University of Technology, 15th September 'The crisis in Ukraine : A return to Cold War style anxiety and paranoia?. Seminar for Wenzhou-Kean University, 30th March Assessing EU-Russian Relations in the context of the Ukraine C risis, Seminar for University of Canterbury, 30th September Assessing the ongoing Ukraine crisis: Thoughts, recommendations, & predictions, Seminar for University of Auckland, 10th August The mediating interplay of identity and perceptions on Russia s Ukraine action since 2013, Seminar for Massey University, 25th May The underpinning geopolitics of the Ukraine Crisis : Rationalising Russia s action, Guest lecture for EUCN/Europe Institute at University of Auckland, 24th September Deconstructing Russia s foreign policy decisions towards Ukraine, Guest for MADE at University of Auckland, 14th May lecture The underpinning realpolitik of the EU s normative policies towards Ukraine, Seminar for University of Canterbury, 28th February 2014.

5 MEDIA APPEARANCES Interview on Brexit for The Wire, 95bfm radio, 24th May 2016 Interview on Ukraine crisis for Radio One, 23rd April 2015 Interview on Ukraine crisis for The Wire, 95bfm radio, 18th February 2015 Interview on Vladimir Putin for the Paul Henry Show, TV3 New Zealand, 22nd July Interview on MH17 tragedy for Q&A, TV1 New Zealand, 20th July Interview on Ukraine and Crimea for Firstline, TV3 New Zealand, 3rd March Interview on Ukraine crisis for The Wire, 95bfm radio, 24th February 2014 PUBLICATIONS UNDER REVIEW A New Cold War? Assessing the dimensions of the contemporary West -Russia relationship [book]. Can neoclassical realism become an actual theory of International Relations? [journal article] Assessing the trajectory of West -Russia relations in an age of uncertainty: Gauging three potential scenarios [essay] Using process -tracing to drive Foreign Policy Analysis: Strengths and weaknesses in the context of analysing EU-Russian relations [essay] REVIEWING International Security; Mediterranean Politics; Journal of Common Market Studies PRPOFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Heterodox Academy International Studies Association (ISA) Ukraine Democracy Initiative (UDI) New Zealand Political Studies Association (NZPSA) Australian Political Studies Association (APSA) European Union Centres Network of New Zealand (EUCN) Martin Holland Director National Centre for Research on Europe University of Canterbury ext 6586 martin.holland@canterbury.ac.nz Steve Hoadley Associate Professor Politics & International Relations University of Auckland s.hoadley@auckland.ac.nz REFEREES

Dr Chinkuei Tsui. Academic Appointments. Research Interests. Education

Dr Chinkuei Tsui. Academic Appointments. Research Interests. Education Nationality: Taiwan, R.O.C. E-mail: ctsui@sharjah.ac.ae Academic Appointments Visiting Scholar, Department of International Relations, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sharjah