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Jeff Hawn

Jeff Hawn

Research Fellow

Department of International History

Email
j.s.hawn@lse.ac.uk
Room No
SAR G.03
Office Hours
Thursday, 9.30am - 11am
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Languages
English, Russian
Key Expertise
Russia-Eurasia, US Foreign Policy, Violent Extremism

About me

Dr Jeff Hawn completed his PhD in 2025 with his thesis titled From Collapse to Crisis: The Constitutional Standoff in Post-Soviet Russia, the Role of the United States, and the Failure of Russia’s Democratic Transition. The thesis examines the failure of Russia’s democratic transition during the Soviet collapse.

Jeff has published numerous articles related to his research and broader geo-political issues in Riddle Russia and Foreign Policy as well as authoring various white papers for numerous research organization. Jeff has also provided commentary and appeared on several international news programs including CBS News, France24, BBC, LBC, TVT and i24News.

Prior to undertaking his PhD work Jeff held a bachelor's and master's degrees in international relations from American University and a certificate in Russian studies from St. Petersburg State University in Russia. He has a wide range of experience in research and consulting having previously worked as a global intelligence analyst for the private intelligence company Stratfor.

Jeff’s teaching experience includes educating students on a wide variety of topics across the 19th and 20th centuries as well as contemporary issues. These include economic, social, and political history as well as the emergence of violent extremism.

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Expertise Details

Political Science; Law and Society; International Politics; Former Soviet Republics; Russian Domestic and Foreign policy; Politically motivated Violent Extremism

teaching

Jeff teaches the following course at undergraduate level:

Publications
  • "", France 24, 21 September 2022. 
  • "", France 24, 20 October 2022.
  • "", New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy, 7 October 2022.
  • TV Appearance: French programme  on the Russian military operations in Donbass, 14 May 2022.
  • Book Review: , Journal of Military History, 2022.
  • "", Newlines Institute 14 July 2022
  • "", Riddle, 20 April 2022.
  • "", Newlines Institute, 9 March 2022.
  • "", Newlines Institute, 5 March 2022.
  • "", Foreign Policy, 14 February 2022.
  • "", Foreign Policy, 24 January 2022.
  • "", Foreign Policy, 17 November 2021.
  • "", Foreign Policy, 22 September 2021.
  • "", Pubs and Publications: The PhD Experience, 17 September 2021.
  • "", Responsible Statecraft, 12 August 2021.
  • "" (with Sim Tack), Responsible Statecraft, 10 August 2021.
  • "", Responsible Statecraft, 21 June 2021.
  • "", Responsible Statecraft, 7 June 2021.
  • "", Newlines Institute, 25 May 2021.
  • "", Responsible Statecraft, 7 April 2021.
  • "", Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy, 31 March 2021
  • "", Foreign Policy, 10 February 2021
  • "", Foreign Policy, 25 January 2021
  • "", Foreign Policy, 12 November 2020
  • "", Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy, May 13 2020
  • "", Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy, June 5 2020
  • "", Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy, April 30 2020
  • With Sim Tack, "", Business Insider, January 28 2020
  • "", The Hill, December 10 2018

Conference presentations and talks
  • Service Historique de la Défense, the Centre d’Histoire de Sciences Po, Paris, and the Sir Michael Howard Centre for the History of War, King’s College London. Conference on The Strategic and Military Consequences of the End of the Cold War. “Russia’s Reluctant Praetorians: Understanding the Role of the Russian Military in the 1993 Constitutional Crisis”, 13 December 2021.
  • British International Studies Association United States Foreign Policy Working Group Conference: "Defeat in Victory the Clinton administrations failed policy toward Russia leading up to the Russian consitutional crisis of 1993", 17 November 2021.
  • 11th Annual Cold War History Research Center International Student Conferenceat Corvinus University of Budapest: "Yeltsin the Democrat? Why the United States came to see Boris Yeltsin as key to Russian Democracy", June 2021.

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