Evgeny P. Bazhanov
Evgeny Petrovich Bazhanov, in Russian: Евгений Петрович Бажанов (born 6 November 1946 in Lvov, USSR) is the President of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Russian political scientist, historian, lecturer, writer and diplomat. Career. 1964-1970 – Student of Moscow State Institute of International relations (MGIMO), majoring in Asian studies and World economy. 1968-1970 – An exchange student at Nanyang University (Singapore) upgrading knowledge of Northern (Mandrin) and Shanghainese dialects of Chinese language. 1970-1973 – A diplomatic officer at the Foreign Ministry of the USSR (Southeast Asian and Chinese desks). 1973 -1979 – Consul of the USSR Consulate General in San Francisco (USA). 1973 – Successfully defended PHD theses at the Institute of the Far East, USSR Academy of Sciences. The title: "Singapore in the Policies of China and Major Western Powers". 1979-1981 – Mid-career training at the Diplomatic Academy, USSR Foreign Ministry. 1981-1985 – Counsellor of the USSR Embassy in Beijing, China. 1985-1991 – Senior staff member of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party, Advisor to Mikhail Gorbachev on Asia-Pacific region. 1988 – Successfully defended State Doctoral dissertation at the Institute of Oriental studies, the USSR Academy of  Sciences, awarded the degree of State Doctor. The title of the dissertation: "China's Foreign Policy, 1949-1987". 1991-2011 – Vice President of the Diplomatic Academy, the Russian Foreign Ministry. Since 2003 – Professor of International Relations at the Russian Friendship University. April–October 2011 – Acting President of the Diplomatic Academy, RFM. 10 October 2011 – The General Meeting of the personnel of the Diplomatic Academy elected Evgeny Bazhanov President of the Academy. On 11 October 2011 he was officially appointed to this position by Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Lavrov for five years (up to 10 October 2016). Family . Parents: Father, Peter I. Bazhanov (1912-1975), Mayor of the City of Sochi (1957-1971), a prominent specialist in the field of electricity, inventor, writer, artist. Mother, Anna Z. Bazhanova (1914-1982) – an electrical engineer, a specialist in city-planning. Wife, Natalia E. Bazhanova, Doctor of Economics, a prominent orientalist, Korea specialist, political scientist, historian, economist, teacher, diplomat, writer, author of numerous books and articles, published in Russia and various foreign countries, on Russia, Korea, China, USA, Europe, Middle East. Academic activities. Evgeny Bazhanov delivered more than 550 lectures in over 150 Universities, Colleges and Research Centers in 22 countries , including Harvard, Columbia, Stanford and G. Washington Universities, University of California, Rand, Cambridge, Oxford, Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul National, Australian National Universities, over 250 presentations at multinational conferences and more than 900 interviews to TV, radio, newspapers and magazines in 30 countries. He was Academic advisor of 53 PhD dissertations including by President of South Korea Kim Dae-jung, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Foreign Minister of Kyrgyzstan Alikbek Jekshenkulov, Ambassadors to Russia of Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Palestine and many prominent Russian politicians, educators and diplomats. He is author of 41 books, more than 110 book chapters and  parts and over 1000 articles on Chinese, Korean, Japanese, ASEAN, Asia-Pacific, US, European, Middle Eastern affairs, foreign policies and domestic issues of Russia, CIS countries (published in Russia, USA, ROK, PRC, Taiwan, Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Germany, Britain, Singapore, Thailand, Israel, Egypt, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Austria, Iran, Switzerland, Yugoslavia, Syria). Editor of 90 books and other publications, member of editorial boards of several magazines. In 1994 founded a Research Institute for Contemporary International Studies and headed it till 2006.