Biographical information on Victor Basiuk

Victor Basiuk is a consultant on science, technology, and national security policy based in Vienna, Va. He is a graduate of Haverford College (B.A. in political science; Phi Beta Kappa) and of Columbia University (M.A. and Ph.D. in international relations). Dr. Basiuk taught at the U.S. Naval War College, Columbia University and Case Western Reserve University and for 10 years was research associate at Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies.

In 1970 Dr. Basiuk came to Washington from Columbia to become international relations advisor to the chief of naval operations, Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt. He has been a consultant in the Washington area since 1973.

He has been a consultant to the White House, the State Department, the Department of Defense, the Voice of America, the Brookings Institution, RAND Corp., and other U.S. government agencies and private organizations.

In 1957-1960 he served in the U.S. Navy and in 1987 retired from the U.S. Naval Reserve with the rank of captain.

Dr. Basiuk is the author of "Technology, World Politics and American Policy" (Columbia University Press, 1977), a monograph on Technology and World Power (Foreign Policy Association, 1970), and of numerous articles, contributions to collective volumes, and expert testimonies before congressional committees. He has been working on concepts and issues related to policies on how to change political and economic systems since 1980.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, October 23, 2005, No. 43, Vol. LXXIII

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