Vladimir Socor

Vladimir Socor (b. August 3, 1945, Bucharest [http://www.mfa.gov.az/eng/training/2003/sokor.shtml Vladimir Socor - Curriculum Vitae] at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan] ) is a well known political analyst of East European affairs for the Jamestown Foundation and its "Eurasia Daily Monitor", currently residing in Munich, Germany. [http://www.jamestown.org/authors_details.php?author_id=105 Author information in Jamestown Foundation: Vladimir Socor] ] Socor's main specialization focuses on the political affairs and the ethnic conflicts of the former Soviet republics and the CIS.

He is the son of Matei Socor, [ro icon Andrei Badin, [http://www.adevarulonline.ro/2006-12-15/Special/ion-iliescu-c-v-tudor-si-adrian-paunescu-stalpii-de-rezistenta-ai-regimului-comunist_210722.html "Ion Iliescu, C.V. Tudor şi Adrian Păunescu - stâlpii de rezistenţă ai regimului comunist"] , "Adevărul", December 15, 2006] who, as head of the Romanian "Agerpres" news agency, was involved in the communist regime's propaganda apparatus, according to the findings of the Tismăneanu Commission. [*ro icon [http://www.presidency.ro/static/ordine/RAPORT%20FINAL_%20CADCR.pdf "The final report of the Presidential Commission for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Romania"] ]

Vladimir Socor graduated from the Russian School in Bucharest, received a B.A. in History from the University of Bucharest, and an M.Phil. in East European History from Columbia University in 1977.

He worked as an analyst for the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Research Institute in Munich (1983–1994) and at the Jamestown Foundation in Washington, D.C. (1995–2002). Between 2002 and 2004, Socor worked as a senior fellow at the Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies in Washington, D.C. Since 2000, he contributes numerous articles to the European edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Socor is also critical of Russian president Vladimir Putin's policies regarding the Post-Soviet space and their frozen conflictsmdashmost notably in the separatist enclaves of Transnistria, Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The Economist journalist Edward Lucas describes Socor as the "hawkish pro-Moldovan." [ [http://economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_QTPVSPG Article by Edward Lucas, in The Economist] ]

Vladimir Socor was involved in the polemics with the former head of the OSCE mission in Moldova, William Hill, during which Socor criticized OSCE policies in regards to Moldova [ [http://jamestown.org/edm/article.php?article_id=2370007 Socor's critic towards OSCE mission to Moldova] ] , and in return was accused by Hill of fallacies and "outrageous fabrications". [ [http://www.jamestown.org/edm/article.php?article_id=2370088 Ambassador William Hill’s Response To Vladimir Socor] , "Eurasia Daily Monitor", 1 August 2005]

elected reports

* [http://files.osa.ceu.hu/holdings/300/8/3/text/53-6-1.shtml The Danube-Black Sea Canal: A Graveyard Revisited] , on Radio Free Europe, August 31, 1984
* "The Workers' Protest in Braşov: Assessment and Aftermath", Romania Background Report 231, Radio Free Europe Research, 4 December 1987, pp. 3-10.
* [http://www.jamestown.org/edm/article.php?article_id=2369222 Kremlin Refining Policy in 'Post-Soviet Space'] , Eurasia Daily Monitor, February 8, 2005
* [http://jamestown.org/edm/article.php?article_id=2371375 Russian organizations in Transnistria campaign for a second Kaliningrad] , Eurasia Daily Monitor, August 11, 2006
* [http://www.jamestown.org/edm/article.php?volume_id=414&issue_id=3925&article_id=2371651 Kyiv changing ideas, mixing signals on Odessa-Brody oil pipeline] , Eurasia Daily Monitor November 16, 2006
* [http://www.jamestown.org/edm/article.php?article_id=2371712 Trans-Black Sea pipeline can bring Caspian gas to Europe] , Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume 3, Number 226, December 7, 2006

References

External links

* [http://www.jamestown.org/edm/vlad.php?cat=wsj Vlad's Corner] , Wall Street Journal Europe Columns, at Eurasia Daily Monitor
* [http://www.jamestown.org/edm/search.php?field=authors&searchterms=socor Articles by Vladimir Socor] , at Eurasia Daily Monitor
* [http://www.jamestown.org/authors_details.php?author_id=105 Vladimir Socor] , at Jamestown Foundation
* [http://foundation.moldova.org/pagini/eng/835 Vladimir Socor] , at Moldova Foundation