Ivan Katchanovski
Ukrainian and Canadian political scientist
Ivan Katchanovski
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Born |
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1967-09-11
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11 September 1967
Lutsk
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Ukrainian SSR
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Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation | Political scientist |
Known for | Comparative politics, political communication, Russo-Ukrainian War |
Ivan Katchanovski ( Ukrainian : Іван Гнатович Качановський ; born 11 September 1967) [1] is a Ukrainian-Canadian [2] political scientist. [3] He teaches at the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa . [3] Katchanovski's research focuses on democratization, comparative politics, political communication, and conflicts: in particular, in Ukraine, [4] and especially the origins of the Donbas War , which he has characterized as a civil war, [5] [6] and the Russo-Ukrainian War .
Academic career
Katchanovski wrote his doctoral dissertation under the direction of the Seymour Martin Lipset and received his Ph.D. from the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University . [7] Currently he teaches part-time at the School of Political Studies and the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa . [7]
False flag theory of Euromaidan
In public lectures in 2014 [8] [9] and 2015, [10] and subsequent academic works, [11] [12] [13] Katchanovski presented research arguing that the Revolution of Dignity resulted from a massacre organised by the Euromaidan protestors' own supporters, based on video footage, TV and Internet broadcasting, radio intercepts, witness testimonies, and bullet hole locations. [10] [14] He contended that "armed groups and the leadership of the far right organizations, such as the Right Sector , Svoboda and oligarchic parties, such as Fatherland , were directly or indirectly involved in various capacities in this massacre of the protesters and the police." [10]
According to Emily S. Channell-Justice Katchnovski's conclusions were not widely accepted in the scholarly community in 2016. [15] David R. Marples observed that Katchanovski's original paper was "received rather coldly", and criticized the content as "politically driven" and "a veritable jumble of illogical reasoning and statements that do not seem warranted by the findings", but also acknowledged that "his paper does provide evidence that there were several separate groups of snipers, including anti-government ones" and said that Katchanovski "has raised some new evidence that suggests new investigations into the sniper massacres are much needed" and that "the official version of events is indeed deeply troublesome and his gathering of new material is commendable." [8] Cathy Young questioned the accuracy and credibility of some of Katchanovski's sources. [16] Taras Kuzio said that Katchanovski's writings are "polemical" with "a pro-Russian political agenda" and that his scholarship "exhibits an acute hostility to any and all forms of Ukrainian nationalism". [9]
The "false flag" theory of the Maidan massacre has been repeated on many Russian state-affiliated media. [17] [16]
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
In 2022, the Russian Federation invaded Ukraine . Before the invasion, Katchanovski had stated that there was a real possibility of war between Russia and Ukraine. [18] [19] One of the reasons used by the Russian government to attack Ukraine was ' denazification '. [20] According to Katchanovski, " Neo-Nazis are a relatively small segment of Ukraine", but "the fact that they are integrated in the Ukrainian armed forces and tolerated by Zelenskyy " has been exploited by Russian propaganda to justify the invasion. [3]
Books
- Cleft Countries: Regional Political Divisions and Cultures in Post-Soviet Ukraine and Moldova , ibidem Press , 2006.
- Nina Virchenko , Ivan Katchanovski, Viktor Haidey , Roman Andrushkiw and Roman Voronka (editors), Development of the Mathematical Ideas of Mykhailo Kravchuk (Krawtchouk) , National Technical University of Ukraine , Kyiv and Shevchenko Scientific Society (USA), New York, 2004.
- Seymour Martin Lipset and Noah M. Meltz with Rafael Gomez and Ivan Katchanovski The Paradox of American Unionism: Why Americans Like Unions More Than Canadians Do, But Join Much Less , Cornell University Press, 2012 doi : 10.7591/9781501727696
- Ivan Katchanovski, Zenon E. Kohut , Bohdan Y. Nebesio , Myroslav Yurkevich , Historical Dictionary of Ukraine Scarecrow Press , 11 Jul 2013.
References
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"Качановський Іван Гнатович"
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esu.com.ua
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31 March
2023
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: CS1 maint: url-status ( link ) - ↑ "Ivan Katchanovski: "Not a single person is convicted or arrested for the Maidan massacre" " . istorex.ru (in Russian). 27 February 2023 . Retrieved 14 June 2023 .
- 1 2 3 "Russia says it's fighting Nazis in Ukraine. It doesn't mean what you think" . Christian Science Monitor .
- ↑ "Ivan Katchanovski" . researchgate.net . Archived from the original on 17 June 2022 . Retrieved 17 June 2022 .
- ↑ Katchanovski, Ivan (20 July 2014). "What do citizens of Ukraine actually think about secession?" . Washington Post . Retrieved 13 July 2023 .
- ↑ Katchanovski, Ivan (2022). "The Russia-Ukraine War and the Maidan in Ukraine". SSRN Electronic Journal . Elsevier BV. doi : 10.2139/ssrn.4246203 . ISSN 1556-5068 .
- 1 2 "Ivan Katchanovski" . uniweb.uottawa.ca . Retrieved 12 June 2023 .
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David R. Marples
(23 October 2014).
"The Snipers' Massacre in Kyiv"
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Current Politics in Ukraine
. Retrieved
19 June
2022
.
Not all of Dr. Katchanovski's findings should be dismissed. He has raised some new evidence that suggests new investigations into the sniper massacres are much needed. The official version of events is indeed deeply troublesome and his gathering of new material is commendable. His paper does provide evidence that there were several separate groups of snipers, including anti-government ones. The problem is that while the paper is not devoid of analysis... it appears to be based on preconceived conclusions, all heavily weighted against the supporters of Maidan and the current government of Ukraine. In short it reads less like an academic paper and more like a polemic that addresses its findings in an unsatisfactory and unconvincing manner.
reprinted in Euromaidan Press - 1 2 Kuzio, Taras (1 December 2014). "The Study of Ukrainian Nationalism at the University of Ottawa" . Forum for Ukrainian Studies. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022 . Retrieved 9 December 2022 .
- 1 2 3 Katchanovski, Ivan (2015). "The "Snipers' Massacre" on the Maidan in Ukraine" . Retrieved 8 August 2022 .
- ↑ Katchanovski, Ivan (2016). "The Maidan massacre in Ukraine: A summary of analysis, evidence and findings" . In Black, J. L; Johns, Michael (eds.). The Return of the Cold War . doi : 10.4324/9781315684567 . ISBN 9781315684567 . Archived from the original on 25 January 2023 . Retrieved 19 August 2022 .
- ↑ Katchanovski, Ivan (March 2020). "The far right, the Euromaidan, and the Maidan massacre in Ukraine" . Journal of Labor and Society . 23 (1): 5–29. doi : 10.1111/wusa.12457 . ISSN 2471-4607 . S2CID 213672444 .
- ↑ Katchanovski, Ivan (21 June 2023). "The Maidan Massacre Trial and Investigation Revelations: Implications for the Ukraine-Russia War and Relations" . Russian Politics . Brill Deutschland GmbH. 8 (2): 181–205. doi : 10.30965/24518921-00802005 . ISSN 2451-8913 .
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Golinkin, Lev (18 February 2016).
"The Heartbreaking Irony of 'Winter on Fire'
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The Nation
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ISSN
0027-8378
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Archived
from the original on 11 November 2022
. Retrieved
26 November
2022
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Katchanovski argues, with considerable forensic and other evidence, that far-right groups not only provoked fighting by shooting at the police but also carried out the murder of Maidan protesters in a false-flag operation.
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Channell-Justice, Emily (2016).
Left of Maidan: Self-Organization and the Ukrainian State on the Edge of Europe
(PhD thesis). City University of New York. p.
78
. Retrieved
13 July
2023
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Katchanovski's conclusions are not widely accepted in the scholarly community
- 1 2 Young, Cathy (9 March 2023). "No, Critics of Western Aid to Ukraine Aren't Being Silenced" (blog) . The Bulwark . Retrieved 9 July 2023 .
- ↑ "Who Killed the Kiev Protesters? A 3-D Model Holds the Clues" . The New York Times . 30 May 2018 . Retrieved 4 June 2023 .
- ↑ Katchanovski, Ivan (16 February 2022). "Lies About Ukraine Conflict Are Standing in the Way of a Peaceful Resolution" . Truthout . Archived from the original on 25 January 2023 . Retrieved 23 July 2022 .
- ↑ Katchanovski, Ivan (22 January 2022). "The hidden origin of the escalating Ukraine-Russia conflict" . Canadian Dimension . Archived from the original on 25 January 2023 . Retrieved 23 July 2022 .
- ↑ Simpson, John (17 March 2022). "Ukraine conflict: Putin lays out his demands in Turkish phone call" . BBC News . Retrieved 13 July 2023 .