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Pavel Kimovich Baev, is a Norwegian political scientist and security scholar.

Education

Baev graduated from Moscow State University (Master of Arts in economic and political geography, 1979) and worked in a research institute in the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Ministry of Defence. He received his Doctor of Philosophy in international relations from the Institute for United States and Canadian Studies in Moscow in 1988, then worked in the newly created Institute of Europe in Moscow until 1992, when he moved to Oslo, Norway and joined PRIO.

Career

He is currently a research professor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)and a senior nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institution (Washington, District of Columbia). In 1994-1996, he held a "Democratic Institutions Fellowship" from North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Baev"s current research includes the transformation of the Russian military, Russia – European Union relations, Russia"s energy policy, Russia"s policy in the Arctic, terrorism and conflicts in the Caucasus. Baev is the author of several books and academic articles and he is a regular columnist in the Eurasia Daily Monitor published by the Jamestown Foundation.

Membership

From 1995-2001, Baev was co-editor of the academic journal Security Dialogue, and From 1999-2005 he was a member of the PRIO board. He is a member of the PONARS Eurasia program, currently located at the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at the Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University.