Mr Kyril Drezov

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Kyril Drezov joined Keele University in 1996. He is co-founder and core researcher of the internationally acclaimed Southeast Europe Unit (SEU). As a leading expert on Bulgarian, Macedonian and Balkan politics he has contributed extensively to the BBC World Service and Oxford Analytica and has advised international consultancies, banks, and governments. His publications include ‘'Macedonian identity: an overview of the major claims' in The New Macedonian Question (ed. James Pettifer), Macmillan 1999, ‘Collateral Damage: The Impact on Macedonia of the Kosovo War’ in Kosovo: The Politics of Delusion (eds. M. Waller, B. Gokay and K. Drezov), Frank Cass 2001, and ‘Bulgaria, Macedonia: Voluntary Dependence on External Actors’ in Democratic Consolidation in Eastern Europe, vol. II (eds. J. Zielonka and A. Pravda), Oxford University Press 2001.

He is co-chair of the Keele Southeast Europe Unit , which is part of the Keele Research Institute for Law, Politics and Justice.

  • Communism and Post-Communism
  • The Contemporary Politics of Eastern, Central and Southeastern Europe
  • Balkan Politics and International Relations
  • Bulgarian and Macedonian Politics
  • Modernisation and Nationalism in Eastern Europe and the Balkans
  • The Political Thought of Nikolay Danilevskiy (1822-1885)
  • Traditional and Modern Panslavism
  • Realism and Balance of Power in International Relations

Selected Publications

  • Drezov KTH. 2013. Hard Bargaining amongst Friends: An Overview of Contemporary Russian–Bulgarian Relations. Russian Analytical Digest, vol. 125, 11-14.
  • Drezov K. 2009. Bulgaria and the Western project. link>
  • DREZOV KTH. Waller M, Drezov K, Gokay B (Eds.). 2001. Kosovo: the Politics of Delusion. Routledge.
  • Drezov KTH. 2001. Bulgaria and Macedonia: Voluntary dependence on external actors. In Democratic Consolidation in Eastern Europe: Vol.11, International and Transnational Factors. Zielonka J and Pravda A (Eds.). Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York.
  • Drezov KTH. 2001. Collateral Damage: The impact on Macedonia of the Kosovo War. In Kosovo: The Politics of Delusion. Waller M, Drezov K, kay BG (Eds.). Frank Cass, London and Portland, USA.

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Books

  • DREZOV KTH. Waller M, Drezov K, Gokay B (Eds.). 2001. Kosovo: the Politics of Delusion. Routledge.

Journal Articles

  • Drezov KTH. 2013. Hard Bargaining amongst Friends: An Overview of Contemporary Russian–Bulgarian Relations. Russian Analytical Digest, vol. 125, 11-14.

Chapters

  • Drezov KTH. 2001. Bulgaria and Macedonia: Voluntary dependence on external actors. In Democratic Consolidation in Eastern Europe: Vol.11, International and Transnational Factors. Zielonka J and Pravda A (Eds.). Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York.
  • Drezov KTH. 2001. Collateral Damage: The impact on Macedonia of the Kosovo War. In Kosovo: The Politics of Delusion. Waller M, Drezov K, kay BG (Eds.). Frank Cass, London and Portland, USA.
  • Drezov K. 2001. Macedonian identity: an overview of the major claims. In The New Macedonian Question. Pettifer J (Ed.). Palgrave.

Other

  • Drezov K. 2009. Bulgaria and the Western project. link>
  • Balkan Politics and Society
  • The European Union and Eastern Europe