Mikhail Beznosov is an Associate Professor at The School of Sociology at Kharkiv National University (Ukraine) and is head of Governing Board of the East-Ukrainian Society for International Studies (EUSIS). He earned his Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of Arizona and his Ph.D. in Sociology at Kharkiv National University. His research and teaching interests are primarily concentrated on Post-Soviet Politics, Politics in Eastern and Central Europe, Comparative Electoral Politics, Political Marketing, Political Sociology, Transitions to Democracy, Public Policy in Post-Socialist Countries, Borderland Studies, Energy Politics and Energy Security Studies.