Alexey Kupriyanov is head of the Center of the Indo-Pacific Region of the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, an independent research institute based in Moscow, Russia.
Dr. Kupriyanov studied the Anglo-Saxon History at the Department of History of the Moscow City Teacher Training University and English language and literature in Ireland. He has a master’s degree in International Relations after graduating from the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia. His areas of research include history and modernity of the countries of the Global South, Southeast and East Asia, Indian foreign policy, Indo-Pacific region, Indo-Chinese relations, IR theory.