Julie Newton

Professor Newton has various forthcoming projects: a chapter entitled 'Poles Apart?: Russia, France and the Concept of Multipolarity', in the book An Uneasy Partnership: Russia and Europe in the 21st Century, edited by Graham Timmins and Jackie Gower (Anthem Press, forthcoming, 2006). She is also co-editor with William Tompson of the book project, Institutions, Ideas, and Leadership in Post-Soviet Russia. Newton also presented papers at several recent conferences: 'British Intellectual Perspectives towards the European Project,' 'ForumduFutur' at The French National Assembly, June 21, 2005; 'Assessing the Role of Ideas and Identity in Soviet and Post-Soviet Transitions', for the Conference "Political Leadership, Political Institutions and Political Culture in the Soviet Union and Russia", St Antony's College, Oxford, June 24-26, 2005, and 'Explaining Perestroika: Twenty Years After', Discussant, at the Conference entitled: 'Europe: Our Common Home?' of the VII World Congress of International Council for Central and East European Studies (ICCEES), 25-30 July, 2005, Berlin, Germany.

Julie Newton is an Adjunct Associate Professor of political science who has been at AUP since 2004. Newton holds degrees from Princeton (BA), Columbia (MA), and Oxford (PhD) where she specialized in Soviet and Russian politics. For the past two years, Newton has been a Senior Associate Member of St. Antony's College, Oxford University, for research on Russian-European Union relations. In addition to her work at AUP, Professor Newton frequently participates in conferences on Post-Soviet Russia, the former Soviet Union, and the EU; she publishes frequently on these subjects; and she is a member of the Board of Trustees for the International School of Paris.

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