Alexander Motyl

• American historian, political scientist, poet, writer, translator, artist-painter

• Professor of political science at Rutgers University

• Author of many books, including Imperial Ends: The Decline, Collapse, and Revival of Empires, (Columbia University Press), and the novel trilogy: The Jew Who Was Ukrainian (2011); Vovochka: The True Confessions of Vladimir Putin's Best Friend and Confidant (2015); and Pitun's Last Stand: An Entertainment about the Fall of Russia (2021)

“The world needs to be exposed to Ukraine as much as Ukraine needs to be exposed to the world. The Peterson Literary Fund will do just that.”