Education and Work Experience

• 08/2019-08/2020: International Monetary Fund - Division Coordinator
• 04/2018-11/2018: Defense Department Contract Companies - Project Consultant
• 10/2015-07/2017: Charles University in Prague, M.A. International Relations
• 07/2014-07/2017: Lingua Centrum Language School, Prague/Olomouc, Czech Republic - English Teacher

Academic Appointments, Scientific Activities & Outreach

• 04/2021: Oxford University - Europaeum Spring School (digital), 22-24 April, 2021. Paper presented: 'Questioning Neoliberal Democracy: Fundamental Tensions in Václav Klaus’ Discourse of Ideals in the Czech Market Transition'.
• 11/2020: Society of Military History Annual Meeting (digital), 13 November, 2020. Paper presented: 'Wehrmacht Decision Making: Allison’s Models in Operation Citadel, 1943'.

Winter Semester 2023/24

Lecturer, Bachelor Course: US-Russia Relations, Political Science, John F. Kennedy Institute, Freie Universität Berlin.

• Populism
• Political Extremism 
• Economic Inequality
• Great Power Competition 
• The Politics of Belonging
• Mass Political Communication
• Authoritarianism and Totalitarianism
• Political Economy
• Neoliberalism
• Post-Communism
• Political Discourses

Prushankin, Keith (2022). Understanding Russian Strategic Behavior: Imperial Strategic Culture and Putin’s Operational Code, written by Graeme P. Herd. The Hague Journal of Diplomacy (published online ahead of print 2022). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/1871191x-bja10129