Vladimir Socor
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Vladimir Socor (b. August 3, 1945, Bucharest[1]) is an analyst of East European affairs for the Jamestown Foundation and its Eurasia Daily Monitor. A specialist in former republics of the USSR, CIS affairs and ethnic conflicts, he currently resides in Munich, Germany.[1][2]
He is the son of Matei Socor,[3] who, as head of the Agerpres news agency, was involved in the communist regime's propaganda apparatus, according to the findings of the Tismăneanu Commission.[4]
Vladimir Socor graduated from the Russian School in Bucharest, received a B.A. in History from the University of Bucharest, and an M.Phil. in East European History from Columbia University in 1977.[1]
He worked as an analyst for the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Research Institute in Munich (1983–1994) and the Jamestown Foundation in Washington, D.C. (1995–2002), and then as a senior fellow at the Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies in Washington, D.C. (2002–2004).
Since 2000, he contributes a regular column to the European edition of The Wall Street Journal. After the start of the Iraq war, he advocated a "U.S.-led war to rid Iraq of Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction."[5]
Socor is also critical of Russian president Vladimir Putin's policies regarding the Post-Soviet space and their frozen conflicts — most notably Transnistria, Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The Economist describes him as "hawkish pro-Moldovan".[6]
Vladimir Socor polemicized with the former head of the OSCE mission to Moldova, William Hill. Socor criticized OSCE policies regarding Moldova[7], and was accused by Hill of fallacies and "outrageous fabrications".[8]
[edit] Selected reports
- The Danube-Black Sea Canal: A Graveyard Revisited, on Radio Free Europe, August 31, 1984
- "The Workers' Protest in Braşov: Assessment and Aftermath", Romania Background Report 231, Radio Free Europe Research, 4 December 1987, pp. 3-10.
- Kremlin Refining Policy in 'Post-Soviet Space', Eurasia Daily Monitor, February 8, 2005
- Russian organizations in Transnistria campaign for a second Kaliningrad, Eurasia Daily Monitor, August 11, 2006
- Kyiv changing ideas, mixing signals on Odessa-Brody oil pipeline, Eurasia Daily Monitor November 16, 2006
- Trans-Black Sea pipeline can bring Caspian gas to Europe, Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume 3, Number 226, December 7, 2006
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Vladimir Socor - Curriculum Vitae at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan
- ^ [http://www.jamestown.org/authors_details.php?author_id=105 Author information in Jamestown Foundation: Vladimir Socor]
- ^ (Romanian) Andrei Badin, "Ion Iliescu, C.V. Tudor şi Adrian Păunescu - stâlpii de rezistenţă ai regimului comunist", Adevărul, December 15, 2006
- ^ *(Romanian) The final report of the Presidential Commission for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Romania
- ^ Vladimir Socor, IASPS, March 2003
- ^ Article by Edward Lucas, in The Economist
- ^ Socor's critic towards OSCE mission to Moldova
- ^ Ambassador William Hill’s Response To Vladimir Socor, Eurasia Daily Monitor, 1 August 2005
[edit] External links
- Vlad's Corner, Wall Street Journal Europe Columns, at Eurasia Daily Monitor
- Articles by Vladimir Socor, at Eurasia Daily Monitor
- Vladimir Socor, at Jamestown Foundation
- Vladimir Socor, at Moldova Foundation
