Dmitriy Trenin
President of the Russian International Affairs Council, RIAC Member.
Academic Supervisor of the Institute of World Military Economy and Strategy at HSE University.
Graduated from the Military Institute (now Military University) in Moscow. Holds a Ph.D. degree in History.
Served in the Soviet and Russian army. Liaison officer in the external relations branch of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (Potsdam). Senior lecturer at the Military Institute. Member of the delegation at the Geneva talks on nuclear and space weapons. Senior research fellow at the NATO Defense College and fellow at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Head of the scientific council, lead researcher and chairman of the Foreign and Security Policy program of the Carnegie Moscow Center.
Since 2008 to 2022, Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center.
In 2026, appointed President of the Russian International Affairs Council non-profit partnership.
Author of over 10 books published in Russia, the USA, Germany, China and other countries.
Academic focus: transatlantic and Eurasian security, international relations, Russian foreign policy, geopolitics and globalization, and post-soviet Eurasia.
Articles
Dmitriy Trenin: Russia and China could form the core of a new type of coalition, better equipped to counter hegemonic powers and to bring closer a more balanced and equitable world order
It is difficult to expect the “golden age” promised by Trump to emerge from the upcoming negotiations
The world’s power center’s journey, a half millennium later, will have come full circle. Russia is not a bystander, but part of the action, pushing for change
What lessons can Russia and Chine draw from the Korean War to better handle conflict?
The 2010s should become a period that defines Russia's destiny for decades to come
20 years on. How has the world changed since the disintegration of the USSR?
Interviews
RIAC President Dmitriy Trenin, speaks in an interview on Russia’s path in a changing world
Russia’s leading experts on the new Russia’s nuclear doctrine
Member Comments
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