Volodymyr Dubovyk is an Associate Professor in the Department of International Relations at the Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University. His areas of expertise are Ukraine, transatlantic telations, the U.S. and Black Sea security. He has conducted research at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (1997, 2006-2007), at the Center for International and Security Studies at the University of Maryland (2002), taught at the University of Washington (Seattle) in 2013 and at St. Edwards university/University of Texas (Austin) in 2016-17. He is the co-author of “Ukraine and European Security” (Macmillan, 1999) and has published numerous articles on US-Ukraine relations, regional and international security, and Ukraine’s foreign policy.