Mikhail Minakov is a political philosopher whose research focuses on political systems, historical consciousness, and democratic transformation in post‑Soviet and global contexts. He is currently a Fellow at the Leibniz Center for Contemporary History Potsdam (ZZF) and Editor‑in‑Chief of Ideology and Politics. From 2017 to 2025, Minakov served as Senior Advisor and Principal Investigator on Ukraine at the Kennan Institute. His scholarship and policy work examine how international norms, multilateral institutions, and political ideologies shape state behavior during crises. Minakov brings a comparative and philosophical perspective to questions of why global commitments to prevent mass atrocities repeatedly falter in practice.

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Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences | University Center for International Studies | Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies | Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures | European Studies Center