Dr John Besemeres
Qualifications: BA hons (Melb); Ph.D (ANU)
Adjunct Fellow
ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
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02 6125 6660
Research interests
Research Interests: Russia and the former Western Republics of the Soviet Union, Poland, the former Yugoslavia, and Eastern Europe generally.
Biography
Short Biography: John Besemeres taught politics at Monash University, was head of Polish and later Slavonic Studies at Macquarie University, spent 5 years working as a translator in Belgrade and Warsaw, served for some 30 years in several Australian government portfolios including PM&C, Immigration and Ethnic Affairs and Foreign Affairs and Trade, and has published extensively on Russian and Eastern European affairs.
Researcher's projects
Current Research Projects: Monitoring, analysing and writing on developments in the FSU and Eastern Europe.
Publications
- Besemeres, J 2016, A Difficult Neighbourhood: Essays on Russia and East-Central Europe since World War II, ANU Press, Australia.
- Besemeres, J 2015, Ukraine, Out of Sight.
- Besemeres, J 2015, 'Making Nice and Making Enemies', Inside Story, vol. online.
- Besemeres, J 2014, 'Putin's Annus Mirabilis: Changing the Shape of Eurasia', ANU Centre for European Studies Briefing Paper Series, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 1-18.
- Besemeres, J 2011, 'Russia and its western neighbours: a watershed moment', Inside Story, pp. 1-20.
- Besemeres, J 2010, 'Ukraine: A Sharp Turn Eastwards?', ANU Centre for European Studies Briefing Paper Series, vol. 1, no. 1, p. 24.
