# Igor Zevelev
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{{short description|Russian political scientist}}
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| birth_place = [Tashkent](/source/Tashkent), [former Soviet Union](/source/former_Soviet_Union)
| fields = [Political science](/source/Political_science), [security studies](/source/security_studies), [international relations](/source/international_relations)
| occupation = Political scientist and author
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| alma_mater = [The Institute of Asian and African Countries](/source/Institute_of_Asian_and_African_Countries) at [Lomonosov Moscow State University](/source/Lomonosov_Moscow_State_University)
| spouse = Galina Zeveleva
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'''Igor Alexandrovich Zevelev''' ([Russian](/source/Russian_language): Игорь Александрович Зевелëв) is a Russian political scientist.
== Youth and education ==
Igor Zevelev was born in [Tashkent](/source/Tashkent), former [USSR](/source/USSR). In 1966, when he was ten years old, he moved to Moscow with his parents and sister. In 1978 he graduated from the Institute of Asian and African Countries[{{cite web |url=http://www.iaas.msu.ru/index.php/en/ |title=ИСАА МГУ |website=www.iaas.msu.ru |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118100433/http://www.iaas.msu.ru/index.php/en |archive-date=2014-01-18}} ] at [Lomonosov Moscow State University](/source/Lomonosov_Moscow_State_University), where he majored in history and studied [Burmese](/source/Burmese_language), [Chinese](/source/Chinese_language), and English. Zevelev defended his Ph.D. in history at [Lomonosov Moscow State University](/source/Lomonosov_Moscow_State_University) in 1982.
In 1992, he defended his Doctor of Sciences degree (the highest academic rank in [Russia](/source/Russia)) in political science at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations[{{Cite web|url=https://www.imemo.ru/en/|title=IMEMO | Official Site|website=IMEMO | Official Site|accessdate=August 25, 2020}}] (IMEMO) in Moscow.
== Career ==
Igor Zevelev has had an academic and research career intertwined with leadership positions in the fields of [philanthropy](/source/philanthropy) and journalism.
After graduating from [Lomonosov Moscow State University](/source/Lomonosov_Moscow_State_University)'s Institute of Asian and African Countries,[{{Cite web|url=http://ivran.ru/|title=ru|website=ivran.ru|accessdate=August 25, 2020}}] From 1988 to 1999, he served as Deputy Director and Head of Department at the Center for Developing Countries at the Moscow Institute of World Economy and International Relations[{{Cite web|url=https://www.macfound.org/press/press-releases/statement-macarthur-president-julia-stasch-foundations-russia-office/|title=Statement of MacArthur President Julia Stasch on the Foundation's Russia Office — MacArthur Foundation|website=www.macfound.org|language=en|access-date=December 12, 2017}}] Igor Zevelev continued his research in the United States.
He was a Fellow at the [Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars](/source/Woodrow_Wilson_International_Center_for_Scholars) and the [Center for Security and International Studies (CSIS)](/source/Centre_for_Strategic_and_International_Studies) in Washington in 2016-2017. He also taught at [the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of Johns Hopkins University](/source/Paul_H._Nitze_School_of_Advanced_International_Studies) in 2017. In 2017–2019, Igor Zevelev worked as Professor of National Security Studies at [the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies](/source/George_C._Marshall_European_Center_for_Security_Studies).[{{Cite web|title=Igor Zevelev|url=http://www.marshallcenter.org/MCPUBLICWEB/en/nav-itemid-fix-bios-en/107-cat-bios-faculty-en/2283-art-bio-faculty-igor-zevelev-en.html|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}] He was a Global Fellow at [the Wilson Center](/source/Woodrow_Wilson_International_Center_for_Scholars) in 2020-2022.[{{Cite web|title=Igor Zevelev|url=https://www.wilsoncenter.org/person/igor-zevelev|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=}}]
Igor Zevelev has been awarded several research grants in the United States and Europe for research topics pertaining to Russian foreign policy, [international relations](/source/international_relations) and [security studies](/source/security_studies). These awards include the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship[{{Cite web|url=https://www.wilsoncenter.org/fellowships-grants|title=Fellowships & Grants|website=www.wilsoncenter.org|accessdate=August 25, 2020}}] (1996–1997 and 2016–2017) and the Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace Senior Fellowship[{{Cite web|url=https://www.usip.org/grants-fellowships/fellowships/jennings-randolph-senior-fellowship-program|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310191222/https://www.usip.org/grants-fellowships/fellowships/jennings-randolph-senior-fellowship-program|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 10, 2017|title=Jennings Randolph Senior Fellowship Program|website=United States Institute of Peace}}] (1997–1998).
Igor Zevelev was a member of the [Valdai Discussion Club](/source/Valdai_Discussion_Club)[{{Cite news|url=http://valdaiclub.com/about/experts/523/?sphrase_id=205789|title=Igor Zevelev|work=Valdai Club|access-date=December 12, 2017|language=ru-RU}}] in 2005–2013. He was also the Donors Forum Council[{{Cite web|url=http://www.donorsforum.ru/|title=Главная|website=Форум Доноров | Ассоциация грантодающих организаций|accessdate=August 25, 2020}}] member in 2009-2014 and a member of the Sustainable Partnership with Russia (SuPR) Group at the PIR Center[{{Cite web|url=http://www.pircenter.org/en|title=PIR Center|website=www.pircenter.org|accessdate=August 25, 2020}}] in 2010–2014.
== Research focus ==
Igor Zevelev has published five books and about sixty academic articles. Coming from an academic background in [history](/source/history) and [Asian studies](/source/Asian_studies), Igor Zevelev began his research with the topics of [urbanization](/source/urbanization) and development in [Southeast Asia](/source/South-East_Asia) and [human rights](/source/human_rights) in [Asian countries](/source/Asian_countries) during the late 1980s and early 1990s. More recently Zevelev has turned to [international politics](/source/international_politics) and worked on Russian foreign policy, [Russia–United States relations](/source/Russia%E2%80%93United_States_relations), Russia-US-China relations and [international security](/source/international_security).
One of his major contributions to the fields of [political science](/source/political_science) and post-Soviet studies was his single-authored book ''Russia and its New Diasporas'' (US Institute of Peace Press 2001), written during Zevelev’s stay at the [United States Institute of Peace](/source/United_States_Institute_of_Peace) and the Wilson Center.[[https://web.archive.org/web/20060717204312/http://bookstore.usip.org/books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=51320 Russia and Its New Diasporas (Washington, DC: The United States Institute of Peace Press, 2001) Retrieved November 28, 2017.]] In this book, he examines the political significance of new ethnic Russian “[diaspora](/source/diaspora)” communities for the future of Eurasian and [international security](/source/international_security). Zevelev poses questions about Russia’s [national identity](/source/national_identity), territorial reach, and political influence. Zevelev draws from literature on [ethnicity](/source/ethnicity), [identity](/source/Identity_(social_science)) and [nationalism](/source/nationalism) analyses the Russian Federation’s official policies towards Russian [diaspora](/source/diaspora) over time.
Most of Igor Zevelev’s current work focuses on Russian-American and Russian-Chinese relations, as well as Russian national identity and foreign policy. He places these problems into a broad international comparative context. These efforts are reflected in “Russia’s Contested National Identity and Foreign Policy,” (co-authored with Andrew Kuchins), in Henry Nau and Deepa Ollapally, eds., ''Worldviews of Aspiring Powers''[{{Cite book|url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/worldviews-of-aspiring-powers-9780199937479?cc=de&lang=en&|title=Worldviews of Aspiring Powers: Domestic Foreign Policy Debates in China, India, Iran, Japan and Russia|editor-first1=Henry R.|editor-last1=Nau|editor-first2=Deepa|editor-last2=Ollapally|date=October 18, 2012|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-993747-9|accessdate=August 25, 2020}}] (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2012); “Russian Perspectives on US-China Relations and the Twenty-First-Century Global System,” in [Aharon Klieman](/source/Aharon_Klieman), ed., '' Great Powers and Geopolitics. International Affairs in a Rebalancing World''[{{Cite book|url=https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319162881|title=Great Powers and Geopolitics: International Affairs in a Rebalancing World|series=Global Power Shift|editor-first=Aharon|editor-last=Klieman|date=August 25, 2015|publisher=Springer International Publishing|doi=10.1007/978-3-319-16289-8|isbn=978-3-319-16288-1|accessdate=August 25, 2020|via=www.springer.com}}] (Springer, 2015); and ''Russian National Identity and Foreign Policy''[{{Cite web|url=https://www.csis.org/analysis/russian-national-identity-and-foreign-policy|title=Russian National Identity and Foreign Policy|website=www.csis.org|accessdate=August 25, 2020}}] (Washington, DC: CSIS Report, 2016).