beyondukraine.euandrussiainsearchofanewrelation

118 Beyond Ukraine. EU and Russia in Search of a New Relation
at Ca’ Foscari University in Venice. He is head of the Russia,
Caucasus and Central Asia Programme at the Italian Institute for
International Political Studies (ISPI) in Milan and President of
ASIAC (Association of Italian Studies on Central Asia and the
Caucasus).
Sean Kay is Robson Professor of Politics and Government at Ohio
Wesleyan University where he is the Director of the International
Studies Program. He is also an associate at the Mershon Center for
International Security Studies at Ohio State University and a nonresident
fellow in Foreign and Defense Policy at the Eisenhower
Institute in Washington, D.C. He has written extensively on
American defense policy regarding Russia and Europe. He previously
worked as a visiting research fellow at the Institute for National
Strategic Studies at the U.S. National Defense University, and as a
visiting assistant professor at Dartmouth College. He has a Ph.D. in
International Relations from the University of Massachusetts at
Amherst.
Luca Ratti is Associate Professor in History of International
Relations at the University of Rome 3 and Adjunct Professor in
International Relations at The American University of Rome. His
main research and teaching interests lie in post-World War II
international history, specifically in U.S.-European relations,
NATO’s evolution and European security and defense policies, and
international relations theory. He is currently completing a
monograph on the Anglo-American special relationship and German
unification for Edinburgh University Press.
Ivan Timofeev has been a Director of Programs at the Russian
International Affairs Council (RIAC) since 2011. He is responsible
for the intellectual performance of RIAC, managing its programs and
projects. His personal background at RIAC includes working with
Russian and foreign diplomats, governmental officials, experts,
businessmen and NGO leaders regarding Russia’s foreign policy and
public diplomacy. Before joining RIAC, he was the Head of
Analytical Monitoring Center and Associate Professor at MGIMO
University (2009-2011). He was awarded a doctoral degree in
Political Science at MGIMO in 2006. He has a Master of Arts in
Society and Politics (Lancaster University and Central European