Mikhail Troitskiy

Mikhail Troitskiy is Visiting Professor at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He was a visiting scholar at Harvard University’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies in 2024-25 and a professor of practice in Russian studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2023-24. From 2003 to 2022, he held academic and philanthropic roles in Russia, including serving as dean and associate professor at MGIMO University and as deputy director and program officer at the MacArthur Foundation’s Moscow office. His work focuses on Russian foreign policy, Eurasian politics, conflict resolution, and international security. He has published in Post-Soviet Affairs, WIREs Climate Change, Problems of Post-Communism, Negotiation Journal, Survival, Global Policy, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, and other outlets. He has contributed commentary to major international media, including Newsweek, The International New York Times, Fox LiveNow, CNN, NPR, Boston 7News, the BBC, ABC Australia, The Moscow Times, and others.