Maciej Olchawa
Maciej Olchawa - Kosciuszko Foundation Scholar
Maciej Olchawa is the Kosciuszko Foundation scholar at Loyola University Chicago, where he teaches about Polish and Eastern European politics. He grew up in Chicago and attended LUC where he received a BA in history and international studies. Maciej graduated from Jagiellonian University in Krakow with an MA in Central and Eastern European studies and an MA in Ukrainian studies. Between 2008-2012, he served as a policy adviser on Ukraine in the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, and the Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly. He is the author of books Imperial Games: Ukraine in the United States’ Geopolitical Strategy (Krakow: Arcana 2009), Stars and Trident: The European Integration of Ukraine (Krakow: St. Volodymyr Foundation 2013), and Mission Ukraine: The 2012-2013 Diplomatic Effort to Secure Ties with Europe (Jefferson: McFarland, 2017). His articles have appeared in se veral academic journals as well as in Foreign Policy, The Diplomat, Kyiv Post, New Eastern Europe, and The Huffington Post.
Maciej Olchawa - Kosciuszko Foundation Scholar
Maciej Olchawa is the Kosciuszko Foundation scholar at Loyola University Chicago, where he teaches about Polish and Eastern European politics. He grew up in Chicago and attended LUC where he received a BA in history and international studies. Maciej graduated from Jagiellonian University in Krakow with an MA in Central and Eastern European studies and an MA in Ukrainian studies. Between 2008-2012, he served as a policy adviser on Ukraine in the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, and the Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly. He is the author of books Imperial Games: Ukraine in the United States’ Geopolitical Strategy (Krakow: Arcana 2009), Stars and Trident: The European Integration of Ukraine (Krakow: St. Volodymyr Foundation 2013), and Mission Ukraine: The 2012-2013 Diplomatic Effort to Secure Ties with Europe (Jefferson: McFarland, 2017). His articles have appeared in se veral academic journals as well as in Foreign Policy, The Diplomat, Kyiv Post, New Eastern Europe, and The Huffington Post.