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Janusz Bugajski

{{Short description|American political consultant}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Janusz Bugajski

| image = Janusz Bugajski.jpg

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|9|23|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK

| alma_mater = University of Kent at Canterbury, London School of Economics and Political Science

| occupation = political scientist

}}

Janusz Bugajski (born 23 September 1954, in Nantwich, Cheshire, England) is a senior fellow at the Jamestown Foundation in Washington, D.C. He also serves as the host of the "Bugajski Hour" television shows broadcast in the Balkans. Previously, he held the position of senior fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA){{Cite news|url=https://cepa.org/|title=Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)|access-date=9 November 2023}} in Washington, D.C., and served as the director of the New European Democracy Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).{{cite web |url=http://csis.org/expert/janusz-bugajski |title=Janusz Bugajski] |website=csis.org}}

Bugajski has served as a consultant on East European affairs for various U.S. organizations and government agencies, including the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the United States Department of Defense, the International Republican Institute (IRI), the Free Trade Union Institute (AFL-CIO), the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX), and BBC television in London.{{cite web |title=Janusz Bugajski |url=http://edrc.ro/view_member.jsp?language_id=1&member_id=32 |website=edrc.ro |publisher=Centrul de Resurse pentru Diversitate Etnoculturală}}

He testifies regularly before the U.S. Congress and also serves as the chair of the South-Central Europe area studies program at the Foreign Service Institute of the U.S. Department of State.

Life and career

He immigrated to the United States in 1986. Bugajski is the son of Piotr Bugajski, a teacher, and Jadwiga (Kawska) Bugajski. He is an American of Polish descent and is fluent in both English and Polish. In 1977, he earned a B.A. with Honours from the University of Kent at Canterbury in the United Kingdom, and in 1981, he obtained an M.Ph. in social anthropology from the London School of Economics and Political Science.{{cite web |url=http://www.poles.org/db/b_names/Bugajski_J.html |title=Janusz Bugajski |website=poles.org}}

From 1981 to 1983, Bugajski worked as a consultant on Polish affairs for BBC Television in London. In 1984 to 1985, he served as a Senior Research Analyst at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) in Munich, Germany. In 1986, he joined the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C., where he established the center's East European department. Bugajski held the position of associate director from 1986 to 1993 and became the director in 1993 for East European Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.

Bugajski was also an adjunct lecturer at the American University in 1991; lecturer at the Smithsonian Institution, the Foreign Service Institute, the Woodrow Wilson Center; consultant for the International Republican Institute, the International Research & Exchanges Board, and the Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe.{{cite web |title=Bugajski, Janusz 1954- |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/bugajski-janusz-1954 |website=encyclopedia.com}}

Awards

Bugajski was awarded with grants 1988 of the Earhart Foundation, 1989 of the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation; 1991 with the leadership award of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. In 1998 he received the Distinguished Public Service Award from the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. Information Agency (USIA), and the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency in recognition of his contribution to international affairs.

He was awarded Medal of Gratitude by the Polish Free Trade Union Solidarity in 2010. He is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies.

Editorial work

He is a regular contributor to various U.S. and European newspapers and journals.[http://csis.org/programs/new-european-democracies-project/articles-and-papers Articles and Papers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203140556/http://csis.org/programs/new-european-democracies-project/articles-and-papers |date=3 February 2013 }} as well as presentations and interviews of Bugajski on the CSIS website.

Bugajski's publications include "Ethnic Politics in Eastern Europe: A Guide to Nationality, Policies, Organizations, and Parties" (M.E. Sharpe, 1994) and his book "Nations in Turmoil: Conflict and Cooperation in Eastern Europe" (Westview, 1992 and 1995), which was selected by Choice as an outstanding academic book.[http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Bugajski%2C+Janusz&qt=results_page In WorldCat] are listed until now 204 publlcations of Janusz Bugajski. He also reflects the arousing tensions between Russia and the West and Russia's "neo-imperialism" at various regions of conflict as e.g. the lessons from the Russian-Georgian War in August 2008.{{cite web |url=http://csis.org/files/publication/102110_Bugajski_GeorgianLessons.WEB.pdf |title=Georgian Lessons: Conflicting Russian and Western Interests in the Wider Europe |publisher=CSIS New European Democracies Project and the Lavrentis Lavrentiadis Chair in Southeast European Studies, CSIS |date=November 2010 |access-date=25 January 2013 |archive-date=23 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131223005457/http://csis.org/files/publication/102110_Bugajski_GeorgianLessons.WEB.pdf |url-status=dead }}

Selected publications

A list of publications is published on the CSIS homepage{{cite web |url=http://csis.org/progbams/new-european-democracies-project/books-and-monographs |title=complete list of Bugajski's books and monographs |website=csis.org }}{{Dead link|date=October 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

  • Failed State: A Guide to Russia’s Rupture (Jamestown Foundation, 2022) {{isbn|978-1-7352752-2-2}};{{citation | url=https://jamestown.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Russias-Rupture-MS-full-text-Final-web.pdf| title=Failed State: A Guide to Russia's Rupture|author=Janusz Bugajski|year=2022|publisher=The Jamestown Foundation|location=Washington, D.C.|ISBN=9781735275222 }}
  • Eurasian Disunion: Russia's Vulnerable Flanks (Jamestown Foundation, 2016); {{isbn|978-0-9855045-5-7}}
  • Conflict Zones: North Caucasus and Western Balkans Compared (Jamestown Foundation, 2014); {{isbn|978-0-9830842-9-7}}
  • Return of the Balkans: Challenges to European Integration and U.S. Disengagement (Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2013); {{isbn|978-1-5848757-0-3}}
  • Georgian Lessons: Conflicting Russian and Western Interests in the Wider Europe (CSIS Press, 2010); {{isbn|978-0-8920660-6-3}}
  • Dismantling the West: Russia's Atlantic Agenda (Potomac Books, 2009); {{isbn|978-1-5979721-0-9}}
  • America's New European Allies (Nova, 2009); {{isbn|978-1-6069243-3-4}}
  • Expanding Eurasia: Russia's European Ambitions (CSIS, 2008); {{isbn|978-0-8920654-5-5}}
  • Atlantic Bridges: America's New European Allies, with Ilona Teleki (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007); {{isbn|978-0-7425491-1-1}}
  • Cold Peace: Russia's New Imperialism (Praeger, 2004); {{isbn|978-0-2759836-2-8}}
  • Political Parties of Eastern Europe: A Guide to Politics in the Post-Communist Era (M.E. Sharpe, 2002); {{isbn|978-1-5632467-6-0}}
  • Ethnic Politics in Eastern Europe: A Guide to Nationality Policies, Organizations, and Parties (M.E. Sharpe, 1994); {{isbn|978-1-5632428-2-3}}
  • Nations in Turmoil: Conflict and Cooperation in Eastern Europe (Westview, 1993, 1995); {{isbn|978-0-8133162-6-0}}
  • Fourth World Conflicts: Communism and Rural Societies (Westview, 1991); {{isbn|978-0-8133807-2-8}}
  • Sandinista Communism and Rural Nicaragua (Praeger/CSIS, 1990); {{isbn|978-0-2759353-5-1}}
  • East European Fault Lines: Dissent, Opposition, and Social Activism (Westview Press, 1989); {{isbn|978-0-8133771-4-8}}
  • Czechoslovakia: Charter 77's Decade of Dissent (Praeger/CSIS, 1987); {{isbn|978-0-2759276-9-1}}

A list of publications on the CEPA website{{citation | url=https://cepa.org | title=Center for European Policy Analysis |publisher=Center for European Policy}}

  • Mind the Gap (April 10, 2020);{{citation | url=https://cepa.org/article/mind-the-gap/| title=Mind the Gap|author=Janusz Bugajski|date=April 10, 2020|publisher=Center for European Policy Analysis }}
  • Vulnerable Europe (March 4, 2020);{{citation | url=https://cepa.org/article/vulnerable-europe/| title=Vulnerable Europe|author=Janusz Bugajski|date=March 4, 2020|publisher=Center for European Policy Analysis }}
  • Is Bosnia a Time Bomb? (January 6, 2020).{{citation | url=https://cepa.org/article/is-bosnia-a-time-bomb/| title=Is Bosnia a Time Bomb?|author=Janusz Bugajski|date=January 6, 2020|publisher=Center for European Policy Analysis }}

References

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External links

  • [https://jamestown.org/about-us/senior-fellows/ Senior fellows] at Jamestown
  • [http://www.poles.org/db/b_names/Bugajski_J.html Who's Who in Polish America], Janusz Bugajski

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Category:American political scientists

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Category:Fellows of the Earhart Foundation

Category:Anti-Russian sentiment