Alexander Motyl

American historian of Ukrainian descent, political scientist, writer, artist, and researcher of imperialism and nationalism. He was born in 1953 in New York, and studied painting and history at Columbia University. Today, he is a Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University (USA) and the Director of the Central and East European Studies Program. Mr. Motyl is the author of Imperial Ends: The Decay, Collapse and Revival of Empires (2001), Revolutions, Nations, Empires: Conceptual Limits and Theoretical Possibilities (1999), and Dilemmas of Independence: Ukraine After Totalitarianism (1993)