Igor Khripunov

After six years of employment with the UN Secretariat in New York, Dr. Khripunov joined the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1977. In 1983, he received his Ph.D. in international relations from the Moscow-based Diplomatic Academy and resumed his diplomatic career as an arms control expert. After resigning from the Russian Foreign Service in 1992, he joined the Center for International Trade and Security (formerly the Center for East-West Trade Policy) at the University of Georgia and is now a distinguished fellow as well as adjunct professor for the University of Georgia’s School of Public and International Affairs. He is also a consultant to the IAEA.