1973 : graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations

1973-1974 : Diplomatic Academy

Since 1974 : Institute for Scientific Information for Social Sciences Russian Academy of Sciences (INION) (junior researcher, senior researcher)

1982 : defended Ph.D. thesis in history on the subject "Franco-American relations in the Mediterranean".

Since 1988 : Head of the Department of Western Europe (INION)

Since 1996 : Head of the Centre for Global and Regional Studies (INION)

Since February 1998 : Director of the NATO Documentation Centre for European Security Issues

Since March 1998 : Deputy Director of the INION

In April 1999 : NATO Documentation Centre was renamed for the Centre for European Security Studies, since then Director of CESS

Since 1999 : Member of Presidium of the Russian association of European studies

Since 2002 : Member of Executive Council of Russian Unit of International Pugwash Movement

Since 2003 : Member of Expert Council at the Council of Federation

Since 2004 : Vice-President of Russian Association for Atlantic cooperation

Since 2006 : Member of EC of Executive Committee of International Political Science Association (IPSA)

Editor –in-Chief of the journal Urgent problems of Europe

Editor –in Chief of the journal European Security : Events, Assessments, Forecasts

Author of books and articles on the problems of European security, NATO-Russia relations, Russian foreign and security policy (more than 100).