Yulia Nikitina ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF WORLD POLITICS AND RESEARCH FELLOW AT THE CENTER FOR THE POST-SOVIET STUDIES AT THE MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (MGIMO)

Yulia Nikitina is an Associate Professor of World Politics and Research Fellow at the Center for the Post-Soviet Studies at the Moscow State University of International Relations (MGIMO). She is a specialist of security politics in Eurasia, focusing on regional organizations (Collective Security Treaty Organization, Shanghai Cooperation Organization) and Russian approaches to conflict-settlement in Eurasia and beyond. She is the author of the textbook Introduction in International Relations and World Politics. As a research fellow, she has been writing analytical reports for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2004.