Konoplyov Sergei

Sergei KONOPLYOV is the Director of the Harvard Eurasia Security Program. He served as Acting Director of the Eurasia Foundation or Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova in 1994‐1996. A former officer of the Soviet Armed Forces, Dr. Konoplyov has served in several military missions in Africa, Latin America and Central Asia. A graduate of the Moscow Military Institute, he also holds a degree from Kyrgyz University in Journalism (Cum Laude) and a master's degree in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government. Since 1998, he has been a member of the International Institute of Strategic Studies in London. He was also a NATO Fellow in 2000 and received his Ph.D. at the Kiev Institute for International Relations. In 2000 - 2008, Dr. Konoployov has served as Assistant to the Head of the National Security Committee of the Ukrainian Parliament. He has received awards from Ministers of Defense of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine.