About
Janusz Bugajski

Janusz Bugajski, the author of Failed State

Biography

Janusz Bugajski (born September 23 , 1954 , Nantwich, Cheshire , England ) is a senior fellow at the Jamestown Foundation in Washington, DC.

He is also the host of the television show “Hodina Bugaisky”, which is broadcast in the Balkans. He previously served as a senior fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) in Washington, DC and served as director of the New European Democracy Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

From 1981 to 1983, Bugajski worked as a consultant on Polish affairs at BBC television in London. In 1984-1985, he worked as a senior research analyst at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) in Munich , Germany. In 1986, he joined the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC, where he established the Eastern European Division. Bugajski served as Associate Director from 1986 to 1993, and in 1993 became Director of East European Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC.

Bugaisky has worked as a consultant on Eastern European affairs for organizations and US government agencies, including the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the US Department of Defense, the International Republican Institute (IRI), the Institute of Free Trade Unions (AFL-CIO ), the Council on International Studies and Exchanges (IREX) and BBC Television in London.

He regularly testifies before the US Congress and is also the chair of the Southern and Central European Studies Program at the Diplomatic Service Institute of the US State Department.

Jamestown Foundation Senior Fellow.

Board member and one of the main speakers of the Forum of Free Nations of Post Russia (2022-present).

Life and Сareer

Janusz Bugajski (born September 23 , 1954 , Nantwich, Cheshire, England ) is a senior fellow at the Jamestown Foundation in Washington, DC.

He is also the host of the television show “Hodina Bugaisky”, which is broadcast in the Balkans. He previously served as a senior fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) in Washington, DC and served as director of the New European Democracy Program at the Center for Strategc and International Studies (CSIS).

Awards

Janusz Bugajski ( born September 23 , 1954 , Nantwich, Cheshire, England) is a senior fellow at the Jamestown Foundation in Washington, DC.

He is also the host of the television show “Hodina Bugaisky”, which is broadcast in the Balkans. He previously served as a senior fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) in Washington, DC and served as director of the New European Democracy Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).