PhD in Political Science. Editor-in-Chief of Security Index Yearbook. Founder (1994) and Director of PIR Center, Member of its Executive Board. Founder (1993) and President of the Trialogue Club International. Professor of MGIMO University, Academic Director of MA Program International Security (developed by MGIMO University and PIR Center). Earlier – Academic Director of the Dual Degree MA Program Global Security, Nuclear Policy, and WMD Nonproliferation (developed by MGIMO University, PIR Center and Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, USA). In 1994, launched the first Russian journal on nonproliferation issues, namely Ядерный Контроль/Nuclear Control. In 2007, the journal was developed into Индекс Безопасности/Security Index, with both Russian and global (English-language) editions. From 2004 to 2008, he was a Professor at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP). Starting from 2008, he has been working on the concept of BRIC, later BRICS, and its development, particularly on its peace and security basket. Since 2010, as a member of the Russian official delegation, he has participated at the review conferences of the Parties to the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (2010, 2015, 2022). In 2015-2018, he also served as a member of the United Nations Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters. Author (or co-author) of more than a dozen books and monographs and more than 300 research papers, articles, and essays, including Nuclear Nonproliferation textbook. He is developing his Telegram Channel Sobesednik-na-Piru (@Собеседник-на-Пиру).
