Research/Areas of Interest
United States-Russia relations
Contemporary conflicts and cooperation in Eurasia
Russian foreign policy
International security
Arms control
Authoritarian politics
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Mikhail Troitskiy
Visiting Professor
Contact Information
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617-627-5771
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160 Packard Avenue, Room 114 Curtis St, Somerville, MA 02144
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Education
- PhD, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- MA, St. Petersburg University, St. Petersburg, Russia
- Certificate in Physics and Mathematics, School of Physics, Saint Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
Biography
Mikhail Troitskiy is a visiting professor at The Fletcher School at Tufts University and is assistant director of the Fletcher Russia and Eurasia Program. He teaches and researches international security, Russian foreign policy, authoritarian politics, and contemporary conflicts in Eurasia.
As assistant director of the Fletcher Russia and Eurasia Program, which is dedicated to teaching and researching a broad range of historical and contemporary issues related to the region, Troitskiy studies the role of nuclear weapons in international politics, arms control, and non-proliferation. Additionally, he is interested in building models of the use of focal points in negotiation and investigates the impact of statecraft scares on escalation dynamics in great-power conflicts.
He has held academic positions at American and Russian institutions and served as deputy director and program officer at the Moscow office of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. A scholar of conflict resolution, Russian foreign policy, and U.S.-Russia relations, he has been published in numerous policy journals, and he is a trusted commentator in global media outlets.
Troitskiy sits on the advisory board of Climate Laws, Institutions, Policies and Practices in Nation-States (CLIPPS) at American University and is on the steering committee of Processes of International Negotiation (PIN), an international research group based at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy.
As assistant director of the Fletcher Russia and Eurasia Program, which is dedicated to teaching and researching a broad range of historical and contemporary issues related to the region, Troitskiy studies the role of nuclear weapons in international politics, arms control, and non-proliferation. Additionally, he is interested in building models of the use of focal points in negotiation and investigates the impact of statecraft scares on escalation dynamics in great-power conflicts.
He has held academic positions at American and Russian institutions and served as deputy director and program officer at the Moscow office of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. A scholar of conflict resolution, Russian foreign policy, and U.S.-Russia relations, he has been published in numerous policy journals, and he is a trusted commentator in global media outlets.
Troitskiy sits on the advisory board of Climate Laws, Institutions, Policies and Practices in Nation-States (CLIPPS) at American University and is on the steering committee of Processes of International Negotiation (PIN), an international research group based at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy.