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
From Europe to East Asia, US allies face a hard question: how far would Washington go to defend them? NATO’s Article 5 offers a revealing place to start
BRICS members differ sharply in power, politics and interests. Their ability to manage those divisions may be the secret of the group’s global influence
Japan’s rupture with Moscow and North Korea’s rise as a Russian ally show how US power is reshaping the security order across Northeast Asia
In general, the space of peace is shrinking, while that of war is expanding.
Dmitriy Trenin: Moscow sees a dangerous illusion at the heart of the new Western doctrine
Moscow’s actions in the wider world—beyond Eurasia—will be guided by its economic interests rather than its geopolitical ambitions
Interviews
Interview with RIAC President Dmitriy Trenin for Limes
Dmitriy Trenin’s Interview with LIMES
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
President of the Russian International Affairs Council
President of the Russian International Affairs Council
President of the Russian International Affairs Council
President of the Russian International Affairs Council
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Column: RIAC President's Column
President of the Russian International Affairs Council
President of the Russian International Affairs Council
President of the Russian International Affairs Council
President of the Russian International Affairs Council
President of the Russian International Affairs Council
Vladimir Orlov, Leonid Tsukanov
Vladimir Orlov, Elena Karnauhova