Nicholas Ross Smith

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Nicholas Ross Smith is a Senior Lecturer of International Relations at The University of Waikato.

His research coalesces around the regional implications of great power rivalry and how relatively smaller states seek to navigate changing geopolitical environments. He is the author of two books and more than two dozen peer reviewed journal articles, including articles in 'International Affairs', 'The Journal of Politics', and 'Cambridge Review of International Affairs'. His research can be found here: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=lYqvvHgAAAAJ&hl=en

Experience

  • 2026–present
    Senior Lecturer, The University of Waikato

Education

  • 2016 
    University of Auckland, PhD (Politics & International Relations)

Publications

  • 2016
    The EU under a realist scope: Employing a neoclassical realist approach for the analysis of the EU’s foreign trade policy towards Ukraine up until the onset of the crisis, International Relations,
  • 2016
    EU-Russian Relations and the Ukraine Crisis, Edward Elgar
  • 2015
    The EU and Russia’s conflicting regime preferences in Ukraine: Assessing regime promotion strategies in the scope of the Ukraine crisis, European Security
  • 2014
    The Underpinning Realpolitik of the EU’s Policies towards Ukraine: An Analysis of Interests and Norms in the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, European Foreign Affairs Review

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