Sergei Lousianin

Sergei Lousianin (, , born 23 July 1956) is a Russian political scientist, orientalist, an expert on international relations in East Asia, domestic and foreign policy of China and Mongolia, security issues in the Asia-Pacific Region and Central Asia.
Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor. Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies, Russian Academy of Science (IFES RAS), Professor at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Professor at the National Research University – Higher School of Economics, expert of the Russian International Affairs Council, President of the Oriental Studies Support Foundation.
Early life and education.
Lousianin was born on 23 of July, 1956, in Irkutsk. He graduated with distinction from the Pedagogical Institute of Irkutsk State University in 1977, and completed his Ph.D. at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1984 (thesis title: "China in the Russian-Mongolian relations, 1911-1919"). In 1994 he received the degree of Doctor of Sciences, thesis title: "Russia, Mongolia and China in the first half of the 20th century".
He speaks Chinese, Mongolian, English, and Russian languages.
Academic activities.
Author of over 400 scientific papers, including 7 monographs.