Doctor of Economics.
Born on April 3, 1956.
In 1978, Georgy D. Toloraya graduated from the School of International Economic Relations of MGIMO University. In 1984, he defended his PhD thesis on the topic “Formation of the national economic complex of the North Korea and its participation in the international division of labor”. In 1993, he defended his doctoral thesis on the topic “Problems of the formation of the South Korean economic model and its transformation on the threshold of the XXI century.” In 2003, he was awarded the academic title of Professor of Oriental Studies.
In 1980–1990, Georgy D. Toloraya was a researcher at the Institute of Economics of the World Socialist System of the USSR Academy of Sciences. In 1981–1982, 1987–1989, 1998–2003, he was a lecturer at MGIMO University. In 1998–2003, he was a leading researcher at the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO RAS). In 2003–2007, he founded and headed research programs of the Center for the Study of Modern Korea of IMEMO RAS. In 2007–2008, he was a Visiting Professor at the Brookings Institution, Washington, USA. He has lectured at educational and scientific institutions in Australia, China, the Republic of Korea, Russia, and the USA.
In 1978–1980, 1984–1987, Georgy D. Toloraya was an employee of the Trade Mission of the USSR in the DPRK. In 1990–1991, he was the Executive Secretary of the Soviet-South Korean Council for Economic Cooperation of the USSR Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In 1991–1993, he was the Head of the Korea Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. In 1993–1998, he served as the Adviser-Envoy of the Russian Embassy in the Republic of Korea. In 1998–2003, he was the Deputy Director of the First Asia Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. In 2003–2006, Georgy D. Toloraya served as the Consul General of the Russian Federation to Sydney, Australia. In 2007–2014, he was the Head of the East Asian Sector of the Department of International Economic and Political Studies of the RAS Institute of Economics.
Since 1994, Georgy D. Toloraya has been the Coordinator of the Russian National Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP). He is a member of the Society “Russia-Korea” and of the Editorial Board of the international socio-scientific journal “World of Change”. Georgy D. Toloraya is the expert of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), the expert of the Valdai Discussion Club. He is the representative of Russia in the BRICS Think Tank Council (BTEC). Toloraya is also Honorary Professor of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China. He participated in international conferences on BRICS and the problems of the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia in Australia, Brazil, India, China, North Korea, Republic of Korea, Russia, New Zealand, EU countries, USA, South Africa, Japan, etc.
Georgy D. Toloraya has the diplomatic rank of Envoy Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
PIR Center Advisory Board Member since 2013.
Publications:
- Азиатские соседи России: взаимодействие в региональной среде: коллективная монография / Под ред. Г.Д. Толорая. М.: Институт экономики РАН, 2022. — 266 с.
- Толорая Г.Д. У восточного порога России. Эскизы корейской политики начала XXI века : монография. М.: Дашков и К, Институт экономики РАН, 2022. — 425 c.
- Современная Корея: метаморфозы турбулентных лет (2008–2020 гг.) / А.В.Торкунов, Г.Д.Толорая, И.В.Дьячков. М.: Просвещение, 2021. — 448 с.
- Стратегический потенциал КНДР и безопасность на Корейском полуострове: взгляд в будущее / Совместное исследование Международного института стратегических исследований (IISS) и Центра энергетики и безопасности (ЦЭБ), 2021. — 82 с.
- Толорая Г.Д., Коргун И.А., Горбачева В.О. Санкции в отношении КНДР: анализ последствий и уроки. Научный доклад. М.: Институт экономики РАН, 2020. — 46 c.
- Толорая Г.Д. Санкции против КНДР и российские интересы: нет ли противоречия? // Политика санкций: цели, стратегии, инструменты : хрестоматия. Издание 2-е, переработанное и дополненное / [сост. И.Н. Тимофеев, В.А. Морозов, Ю.С. Тимофеева]; Российский совет по международным делам (РСМД). М.: НП РСМД, 2020. — 452 с.
- Толорая Г.Д. Санкции в отношении КНДР и ситуация вокруг Корейского полуострова // Корейский полуостров: история и современность. М.: ИДВ РАН, 2020. — 456 с.
- Толорая Г.Д., Тригубенко М.Е. Эволюция экономической политики КНДР в постсоветское время // Постсоциалистический мир: итоги трансформации / Под общ. ред. С.П. Глинкиной: в 3 т. СПб.: Алетейя, 2018. Т. 3. Азиатские модели реформирования. Возможности и вызовы для России / Отв. ред. Г.Д. Толорая. — 184 с.
- Толорая Г.Д., Яковлева Л.Н. Отношения Российской Федерации с КНДР: три десятилетия, четыре этапа // КНДР и РК — 70 лет / Отв. ред. А.З. Жебин, Е.У. Ким, Л.В. Захарова. М.: ИДВ РАН, 2018. — 376 с.
- Толорая Г.Д., Яковлева Л. Н. Новые вызовы для российской политики на корейском направлении после смены администраций в Сеуле и Вашингтоне // Корея перед новыми вызовами: коллективная монография. М.: ИДВ РАН, 2017. — 448 с.
- Toloraya G., Yakovleva L. Russia and North Korea: Ups and downs in relations // Asian Politics & Policy (APP). 2021.
- Toloraya G., Gorbacheva V. Russia’s Vision of an Asian Security Order // Asia between Multipolarism and Multipolarity / Edited by S.R. Chinoy, J.P. Panda. New Delhi: KW Publishers Pvt Ltd, 2020. — 640 p.
- Toloraya G. Toward a Multilateral Security Mechanism: A Russian View // Bridging the Divide: Moon Jae-in Korean Peace Initiative / Edited by C. Moon, J. Delury. Seoul: Yonsei University Press, 2019. — 292 p.
- Toloraya G. BRICS for Better Global Governance: A Russian Perspective // BRICS and Global Governance / Edited by J. Kirton, M. Larionova. London: Routledge, 2018. — 288 p.
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