Prof. Stanislav Tkachenko

Director of the Diplomatic Studies Program and Associate Professor at the Department of European Studies, School of International Relations, Saint Petersburg State University. Former Visiting Professor of International Relations at the University of Bologna, his study and research activities are mainly focused on the foreign policy of the Russian federation and international political economy. Columnist for the Nevskoe Vremya daily newspaper (Saint-Petersburg), he holds a PhD in History and a PhD in Economics from the Saint Petersburg State University. He is the author of several monographs and numerous articles.