Mikhail Troitskiy
Biography
Mikhail Troitskiy is a visiting scholar at the Harvard University Davis Center for Russian Studies and a visiting professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. In 2023-24 he was Professor of Practice at University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2017-2022 he was Dean of and Associate Professor at the MGIMO School of Government and International Affairs in Moscow and IMARES Program Professor at the European University at St. Petersburg. He holds the degree of Candidate of Sciences (kandidat nauk) in Political Science and International Relations awarded in 2003 by the Institute for the U.S. and Canadian Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences.
From December 2009 to March 2016, Troitskiy worked as deputy director, program officer, and attorney at the Russia office of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. In 2007-2009, Troitskiy served as deputy dean at MGIMO's School of Political Affairs. He held visiting fellowships at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC (2005-06), as well as at Cambridge (2006) and Oxford (2008) Universities. In 2000-2009, he was deputy director and acting director at the Academic Educational Forum on International Relations, a Moscow-based NGO promoting scholarship and training in the field of international relations.
Troitskiy has authored and edited several research monographs and published book chapters with Cambridge University Press, Palgrave, McGill-Queen's University Press, Johns Hopkins University Press, Praeger, Nomos Verlag, and SIPRI. His articles have appeared in Survival, The American Interest, Air and Space Power Journal, Russian Politics and Law, and others. Troitskiy's research interests include Russian foreign policy, conflicts in Eurasia, US-Russia relations, arms control and international security, and negotiation theory.
Troitskiy is a member of the Program on New Approaches to Research and Security in Eurasia (PONARS Eurasia) and the Steering Committee of the Processes of International Negotiation (PIN) group of researchers. His has contributed op-eds and comments to major international media, including The International New York Times, The Moscow Times, CNN, NPR, BBC, and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
From December 2009 to March 2016, Troitskiy worked as deputy director, program officer, and attorney at the Russia office of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. In 2007-2009, Troitskiy served as deputy dean at MGIMO's School of Political Affairs. He held visiting fellowships at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC (2005-06), as well as at Cambridge (2006) and Oxford (2008) Universities. In 2000-2009, he was deputy director and acting director at the Academic Educational Forum on International Relations, a Moscow-based NGO promoting scholarship and training in the field of international relations.
Troitskiy has authored and edited several research monographs and published book chapters with Cambridge University Press, Palgrave, McGill-Queen's University Press, Johns Hopkins University Press, Praeger, Nomos Verlag, and SIPRI. His articles have appeared in Survival, The American Interest, Air and Space Power Journal, Russian Politics and Law, and others. Troitskiy's research interests include Russian foreign policy, conflicts in Eurasia, US-Russia relations, arms control and international security, and negotiation theory.
Troitskiy is a member of the Program on New Approaches to Research and Security in Eurasia (PONARS Eurasia) and the Steering Committee of the Processes of International Negotiation (PIN) group of researchers. His has contributed op-eds and comments to major international media, including The International New York Times, The Moscow Times, CNN, NPR, BBC, and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Research Interests
- International Relations
- International Security
- Russian Foreign Policy
- NATO
- United States In The World
- U.S. Foreign and Trade Policies
- Russo Chinese Relations
- Security Studies
- Foreign Policy Analysis
- International Studies
- International Negotiation
- Negotiation
- International Relations Theory
- US-Russian relations
- Eurasia
- Peace and Conflict Studies
Affiliations
Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomcy, Visiting Professor
Harvard University, Davis Center for Russian & Eurasian Studies, Visiting Scholar