Alexei G Arbatov, Russian Federation Dr Arbatov is a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation and the Director of Center for International Security at the Institute for World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO). He is also a member of the Advisory Council of the Russian Foreign Minister and a Professor of the Russian Academy on Defence and Security chaired by the President of the Russian Federation. Dr Arbatov is an associate scholar of the Carnegie Foundation. From 1993 until 2003, Dr Arbatov served as a Deputy Chairman of the Defence Committee of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. Before taking his seat in the Duma, Dr Arbatov headed the Department on Disarmament and Security of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), an institute he had originally joined as a researcher in international relations in 1973. He is a member of the Board of SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) and a member of International Advisory Council of Geneva Center of Democratic Control over the Military.