Dr. Andrew (Andreas) Andersen is a Canadian historian, journalist and political scientist. His primary research focus has centered on communist and post-communist studies, international and inter-ethnic conflicts, territorial disputes and ideological clashes. Andrew Andersen combines his academic studies with an extensive experience in related counseling and field research in conflict areas.
Born in the USSR and raised in Siberia and Latvia, Andrew Andersen earned his Master’s degree from Moscow State University in 1980 where he later taught. His Master’s thesis examined the influence of the World Wars on 20th Century American literature. In 1984 he obtained his Ph.D. from Moscow State University. Andersen’s Ph.D. thesis analyzed the evolution and transformation of American public opinion and mass-media coverage regarding the US role in the Vietnam War (1962-75).
At the onset of Perestroyka, Andersen left the USSR and settled in Germany where he coordinated a number of Eastern European seminars, courses and projects organized by Wirtschaftsakatdemie in Kiel (Schleswig-Holstein).
In 1994 Andrew Andersen immigrated to Canada. Upon landing in Toronto, Ontario, he worked as a TV reporter and show co-host.
In 1996 he moved to British Columbia. Between 1996 and 2003 Andrew Andersen taught various Political Science courses at the University of Victoria and Simon Frazer University. (Vancouver). In 2003 he was granted a research fellowship position with the Centre of Military and Strategic Studies at the University of Calgary. Since 2020 he has served as the director of the Centre for Military, Intelligence and Security Studies of Peritum Media Group in Victoria, BC, Canada.
Andrew Andersen has authored and published numerous books and articles for national and international professional magazines on ethnic, territorial and ideological conflicts, as well as on other international security-related issues.
He is fluent in English, German and Russian and possesses basic knowledge of French, Polish, Finnish, Latvian and Italian.
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A FEW FACTS THAT ONE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT VLADIMIR PUTIN
ABOUT THE GLOBALIST PROJECT, THE WAR IN UKRAINE AND THE MESS IN THE HEADS OF "BLINDED BY THE LIES"
The Caucasus Front of World War I: Implications for Georgia
One of the Lessons of the Soviet-Georgian War of 1921
Is the crisis of our civilization a result of subversive activity? It looks like that...
A NEW TURN OF THE KARABAKH CONFLICT IN THE CONTEXT OF ARMENIAN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS
A FEW MORE WORDS ABOUT "PUTIN’S FRIEND" IN THE WHITE HOUSE
WHY ARE ONCE-FREE PEOPLE SO EASILY GIVING UP THEIR RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS?
LUKASHENKO REDEPLOYING BELARUSIAN TROOPS TO THE WESTERN BORDER: WHAT COULD THAT MEAN?
Lack of Freedom of Speech on North American Campuses