Nikolai Zlobin

Dr. Zlobin, a former professor at Moscow State University, joined the Center for Defense Information in 2001 as a Senior Fellow and Director of Russian and Asian Programs. He is a leading scholar of US-Russian relations, Russian, Eurasian and regional politics, history and international security.

Dr. Zlobin edits and directs the Washington ProFile Russian language international news and analysis agency. He also writes a regular column for the major Russian daily Izvestia, serves on the editorial boards of several academic and political periodicals, and is the executive editor of Demokratizatsiya, the Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization. Dr. Zlobin is a board member of several international organizations.

Nikolai Zlobin is the author of one book and more than 200 academic articles published in over 15 languages. His editorial opinions have appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, International Herald Tribune, and Chicago Tribune, among other publications. He co-authored a high school history text book used in Russia, and received several prestigious teaching and research grants, including two MacArthur Foundation awards, two from the Truman Institute and another from the Soros Foundation.

Nikolai Zlobin holds a BA in history and an MA in political science from Moscow State University, where he also earned his PhD.