He is kandydat politicheskih nayk (equivalent to Ph.D. in Political Science and International Relations). His research and teaching interests are in the field of foreign and security policy of Ukraine, European and Euro-Atlantic security, international relations in the Black Sea-Caspian region, foreign policy of Russia, NATO-Ukraine, EU-Ukraine relations. In 2000/2001 he was a visiting scholar at the Center for European Studies, University of Exeter (Exeter, UK) and at Columbia University, Harriman Institute (New-York City, USA) in 2003.