Raymond Taras
Professor of Political Science | Tulane University
Dr. Taras is an expert on the Russia-Ukraine crisis, the collapse of the USSR and Russia's identity in international relations.
Tulane experts available to comment on Russia-Ukraine crisis
Born and educated in Montreal, Quebec, Raymond Taras received his postgraduate degrees at universities in Europe in the 1970s and began publishing scholarly books in the 1980s. He has authored or edited over 20 books: on the collapse of the USSR, Russia's identity in international relations, the rise of liberal and illiberal nationalism, the internationalization of ethnic conflicts, the dangers of xenophobia, the critique of multiculturalism, the impact of fear on European foreign policy and the makings of nationhood.
European foreign policy
Collapse of the USSR
Accomplishments (2)
Nationhood, Migration, and Global Politics (professional)
Published by Edinburgh University Press, this book is new introduction to contemporary nationhood that sets it apart from national identity, nationalism and diversity
Fear and the Making of Foreign Policy: Europe and Beyond (professional)
Published by Edinburgh University Press, this is a book about conflicts and fears: how domestic reasons are drawing countries in Europe into international events.
University of Warsaw: PhD, Political Studies 1982
University of Sussex: M.A., Comparative Politics 1974
Université de Montréal: B.A., Political Science 1967
American Association of University Professors
Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
Australasian Association for Communist and Post-Communist Studies
British Association for Slavic and East European Studies
Canadian Association of Slavists
European Consortium for Political Research
International Council for Central and East European Studies