Dr. Kevork Oskanian is a Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham, UK. He obtained his PhD at the London School of Economics’ Department of International Relations under the supervision of Barry Buzan and Roy Allison, and has previously taught at the LSE and at the University of Westminster. His current research interests include postcolonial and civilisational perspectives on Russian narratives of 'exceptionalism', as well as post-liberal approaches to state and International Society in Eurasia and beyond.