Has been working (teaching) internationally at Cornell University (USA), Helsinki University (Finland), carried out research at the University of Oxford (UK), has been a Fulbright Scholar at Columbia University (USA).

Also visiting lecturer at Boğaziçi University, Turkey (Istanbul), Salento University, Italy, IDRAC Business School, France (Lyon), Upper Austria University (Steyr), guest-lecturer at Virginia Military Institute (VMI, USA) and in many other academic institutions.

Participated at numerous international conferences, seminars, roundtables in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Romania, Italy, Spain, France, Netherlands, UK, Ireland, USA, Russia, China etc.

Major fields of research  – hard security threats, paradigm changes in international relations and more specifically the domestic, foreign, security and defense policies of the United States, Russian Federation and China (People’s Republic of China).

Selection of courses taught: Russia (“Changing Concepts of Federalism: the Case of the USSR”, “Russian Foreign and Security Policy”, “Russian Foreign, Security and Defence Policy,” “International Security: EU and Russia”; USA (“U.S. Foreign and Security Policy”, “American Government: US domestic politics”; on Conflict and terrorism (“Conflict Theories and International Security,” „International Conflict Resolution”, „International Terrorism and Security”); on International security (“International Security: Theories and Practices”,  “Current International Energy Security”, “Arab Spring and Security Consequences”; on International relations and diplomacy (“International Relations”, „History of Diplomacy and International Relations”)

Fluent in three languages (reading, writing, speaking) – Estonian, English and Russian.

Working knowledge – French and Finnish.

October, 2021