Perception of Russia in Europe
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Dr. Fraser CAMERON
Director, EU-Russia Centre; Senior Advisor, European Policy Centre, Brussels
1970 | Educated at the University of St Andrews where he received an honours degree, Master of Arts, in Political Science and History |
1973 | Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Cambridge |
1973-1974 | Research Fellow at the University of Hamburg |
1974-1975 | Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Kent |
1975-1989 | Member of the British Diplomatic Service serving inter alia in Bonn and East Berlin |
1990 | Joined the European Commission and was closely involved in policy issues related to the external relations of the EU |
1999-2001 | Head of the Political and Academic Affairs Section in the Delegation of the European Commission in Washington D.C. As an adviser in DG Relex he has worked on issues such as global governance, transatlantic relations, Asia, CFSP and enlargement. |
2002-2006 | Joined the EPC on secondment from the Commission |
He has been a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges and the University of Edinburgh. He has lectured widely in the US, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East and Europe. He has presented papers at numerous international conferences and is a well-known media commentator and conference moderator. | |
Fraser Cameron is Director of the EU-Russia Centre. He is also Director of EuroFocus-Brussels, an adjunct professor at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin and Senior Advisor at the European Policy Centre (EPC), Brussels. |
H.E. Vladimir CHIZHOV
Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Union, Brussels
1976 | Embassy in Athens, Greece |
1981 | 5th European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
1985 | Embassy in Nicosia, Cyprus |
1992 | Counsellor, 2nd European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
Head of UK/Ireland Division, 2nd European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
1993 | Deputy Director, 2nd European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
1995 | Deputy Head, Russian delegation to the OSCE, Vienna, Austria |
1996 | Deputy High Representative for Bosnia Peace Implementation, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1997 | Director, 3rd European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
1997-2000 | Russian Special Representative for Cyprus |
1999 | Director, European Cooperation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
2000-2002 | Russian Special Representative for the Balkans |
2002 | Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs |
2005 | Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Communities, Brussels |
since 2010 | Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Union, Brussels |
Conducted analytical research work on European security, OSCE, Russia-EU and Russia-NATO relations, Mediterranean, Balkans, problems of Cyprus and Northern Ireland, UN peace-keeping operations. |
Ph.D. Ruslan GRINBERG
Director, Institute for International Economic and Political Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Graduated from Moscow State University | |
1996 | Ph.D. in economy |
Full professor | |
1981 | Working in the Institute for International Economic and Political Studies (IIEPS), Russian Academy of Sciences |
since 2003 | Director of the IIEPS |
Mag. Dr. Gerhard MANGOTT
Professor für Politikwissenschaften, Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck
Studies in Political Science, History and Slavonics at the Universities of Innsbruck and Salzburg with a special focus on Comparative Political Science (political systems of Eastern Europe and the USSR) and International Relations | |
1991-2008 | Permanent and Senior Research Fellow on Eastern Europe and the former USSR at the Austrian Institute for International Affairs (OIIP) in Vienna |
since 1995 | Lecturer at the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna |
since 2003 | Professor of Political Science at the University of Innsbruck |
since 2009 | Scientific Adviser on Post-Soviet Affairs for the Austrian Institute for International Affairs (OIIP) in Vienna |
Faculty Head of Studies at the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology |
Dr. Susanne SCHOLL
Freelance Journalist; former Foreign Correspondent Eastern Europe, ORF - Österreichischer Rundfunk, Vienna
1972 | Doktorat der Slawistik an der Universität Rom |
1973-1974 | Studienaufenthalt an der Universität Leningrad |
1974-1975 | Assistentin des Wien-Korrespondenten der französischen Tageszeitung "Le Monde" Manuel Lucbert |
1975-1978 | Redakteurin bei Radio Österreich International (RÖI) |
1978-1985 | Außenpolitische Redakteurin bei der Austria Presseagentur (APA) |
1985-1989 | Redakteurin der Osteuroparedaktion des Österreichischen Rundfunk und Fernsehen (ORF) |
1989-1991 | ORF-Korrespondentin in Bonn |
1991-1997 | ORF-Korrespondentin in Moskau (1994-1997 Leiterin des ORF-Büro Moskau) |
1997-2000 | Leiterin des ORF-Europajournal (Radio) |
seit 2000 | Leiterin des ORF-Büro Moskau |
Dr. Johannes KYRLE
Generalsekretär, Bundesministerium für europäische und internationale Angelegenheiten, Wien
1966-1970 | Legal studies at the University of Vienna |
1970 | Doctor of Law |
1971-1973 | Legal work at courts and banks |
1973 | Entry into the Austrian Diplomatic Service |
1975 | Diplomatic Exam, afterwards employed at the Multilateral Economic Department, the Secretariat General and Cabinet of the Minister (1976) |
1985-1996 | Deputy Head of the Cabinet of the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs |
1991-2002 | Austrian Ambassador to the Principality of Liechtenstein with residence in Vienna |
1997-2002 | Chief of Protocol |
since 2002 | Secretary-General for Foreign Affairs |