Andreas Umland has a CertTransl (Leipzig), AM (Stanford), MPhil (Oxford), DipPolSci & DrPhil (FU Berlin) and PhD (Cambridge). He was a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford, CA, from 1997-1998 and at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, from 2001-2002. He is general editor of the book series “Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society” of ibidem-Verlag, Stuttgart and Hannover. He is also a member of the Valdai International Discussion Club, RIA Novosti, Moscow.