I have over a decade of experience in teaching and research in International Relations with a focus on International Relations (IR) Theory, International Security, and Russian and Chinese Foreign Policy. I received my PhD at the University of California at Berkeley (2012) and also completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University (2013-14).From 2013-14 I was an associate professor at the Higher School of Economics (HSE), Russia’s premiere social science university (ranked 45th in Politics and IR by the QS World University Rankings in 2021). I will begin a new appointment as an associate professor at Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University in the fall of 2023.My area of interest is International Relations Theory, with an emphasis on Security and an empirical focus on Russian and Chinese foreign policy. My current research examines the role of status in generating international conflict, focusing on why declining powers exhibit a tendency to adopt aggressive and risky foreign policies.

International Relations Theory

International Security

Russian Foreign Policy

Chinese Foreign Policy

Associate Professor, Department of International Studies, Xi’an Jiatong-Liverpool University

Associate Professor, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, National Research University, Higher School of Economics (HSE), Moscow (2013 – 2023)

International Organizations and Institutions

International Political Theories

China and Russia as Great Powers in an Era of Global Disorder

Research Writing, Design and Methods

Advanced Graduate Seminar on International Relations Theory

Rising Powers in World Politics (BRICS)

Best Teacher Award, Higher School of Economics, 2020 and 2022