Alexander Motyl is a professor of political science and deputy director of the Division of Global Affairs at Rutgers-Newark. He is noted for his prolific writings on contemporary politics in Eastern Europe, Ukraine, and Russia, as well as for more theoretical explorations into the nature of nationalism, empire, and revolution. Over the past two and a half decades, he has written six books of nonfiction and contributed dozens of articles to academic and policy journals, newspaper op-ed pages, and magazines. He also has managed, by dint of enviable self-discipline and resourcefulness, to publish two novels, while also pursuing a career as a painter. He is also the co-editor of the soon-to-be-released “Holodomor Reader”.