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Denis V. Volkov

PhD in Middle Eastern Studies

Academic Profile

http://independentresearcher.academia.edu/DenisVolkov

http://www.linkedin.com/profile/edit?trk=tab_pro

Sample Publications

Monograph: Russia's Turn to Persia: Orientalism in Diplomacy and Intelligence (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018).

Scholarly Interests

Russian Orientalism, History of Iran (the 19th and 20th centuries), Russian/Soviet foreign policy towards Iran, Economy of Iran (Energy sector)
PhD Thesis: “Oriental Studies and Foreign Policy: Russian/Soviet ‘Iranology’ and Russo-Iranian relations in late Imperial Russia and the early USSR"

Current Position

Associate Professor and Leading Research Fellow, HSE University