Professional experience:
Academician and professor of the Academy of Defense, Security and Police by the President of Russia, 2003
Head of the Center for International Security Center of the Institute for International Economy and International Relationships of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2002 – present time
Vice chairman of the YABLOKO party, 2001 – present time
Consultant to the Russian Ministry for Foreign Affairs, 1997
Head of a department at the Institute for International Economy and International Relationships of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1985 - 1994
Head of a section at the Institute for International Economy and International Relationships of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1983 - 1985
Research fellow at the Institute for International Economy and International Relationships of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1976 – 1983
Member:
Member of Russian Parliament (State Duma), a member of the YABLOKO faction and Deputy Chairman of the Duma Defense Committee, 1994-2003
Member of the Research Council of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Head of the School board of the Foundation for families of the 76th airborne division’s servicemen.
Member of the Governing Board of SIPRI and International advisory board of Geneva DCAF Institute and of the Center on non-proliferation of Monterey Institute
Member of the Russian Council for Foreign and Defense policy
Publications:
Dr. Arbatov is author of a number of books and numerous articles and papers on issues of global security, strategic stability, disarmament, Russian military reform and various current domestic and foreign political issues.
Moscow State Institute of International Relations, M.A., 1972
Doctor of history, 1982
Corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2003