Prior to joining academia I worked as a consultant and trade negotiator for the Russian government; and as a government consultant for various agencies in Switzerland and Canada

Government Expertise and Consulting

• 2012 – 2015: Delegate, Russian Federation, APEC Senior Officials’ Meetings and Related Meetings, Ministers Responsible for Trade Meetings

• March 2015 – August 2015: Executive Secretary, Inter-Agency Working Group on “Silk Road Economic Belt Initiative,” Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

• January 2015 – August 2015: Member, Expert Group on Russia’s BRICS Host Year, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

• February 2012 – August 2015: Member, Inter-Agency Working Group on Russia’s participation in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

• June 2013 – September 2014: Member, Inter-Agency Working Group on Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

Policy Publications

Bulletins, Conference Proceedings, Policy Memos

• Centre for International Governance Innovation, “Quantifying Trade Secret Theft: Policy Implications,” 2021, CIGI Paper No. 253 (with Dan Ciuriak)

• Centre for International Governance Innovation, “Toward a Robust Architecture for the Regulation of Data and Digital Trade,” 2020, CIGI Paper No. 240 (with Dan Ciuriak)

• World Trade Organization Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF), “A Global South Strategy to Leverage the Digital Transformation for Development,” 2019, Aid for Trade Series (with Dan Ciuriak)

• Centre for International Governance Innovation, “Leveraging the Digital Transformation for Development: A Global South Strategy for the Data-Driven Economy,” 2019, CIGI Policy Brief No. 148 (with Dan Ciuriak)

• Inter-American Development Bank and International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, “Facilitation 2.0: E-Commerce and Trade in the Digital Era,” 2018, RTA Exchange, Geneva

• International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, “Started the Digital Trade Wars Have: Delineating the Regulatory Battlegrounds,” RTA Exchange, 2018 (with Dan Ciuriak)

• The E-15 Initiative, “The Digital Transformation and the Transformation of International Trade,” 2018, RTA Exchange. Geneva: International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) (with Dan Ciuriak)

• Russian International Affairs Council, “Integration Initiatives: Points of Contact,” 2015, on-line News Journal

• APEC Bulletin, “Services Trade in Asia-Pacific: Tendencies and Prospects,” 2015. - №2. p. 23-38

• APEC Bulletin, “Integration Agenda of Russia in EAEU and Asia-Pacific,” 2015. - №1. p. 43-47

• APEC Study Center Consortium Conference 2014, Proceedings, “Inter-bloc communication,” 2014. – pp. 44-51 (with Tatyana Flegontova)

• Russian National Contest of Young Scientists “Asia-Pacific”, Works of Finalists, “Russia in Asia-Pacific: the Prospects of Cooperation with Major Partners in Trade Liberalization”, 2012, pp. 93-102

Book Chapters

• “The Technology Nexus of AI/ML/Data: Narratives as Agents of Change and Lock-in,” Chapter 8 in International Negotiation and Political Narratives: A Comparative Study edited by Fen Osler Hampson and Amrita Narlikar, ISBN 9781032066462, published February 11, 2022 (with Dan Ciuriak and Vlada Rodionova)

• “The Data-Driven Economy and the Role of the State,” Chapter 4 in Power and Authority in Internet Governance: Return of the State? edited by Blayne Haggart, Natasha Tusikov, and Jan Aart Scholte, ISBN 9780367442033, published March 15, 2021 (with Dan Ciuriak)

• “Technology Rents and the New Great Game,” Chapter 12 in The China-US Trade War and South Asian Economies edited by Rahul Nath Choudhury, ISBN 9780367513818, published March 8, 2021

Russian Journals

• Russian Foreign Trade Bulletin, “The System of Tariff Preferences in the EAEU Requires Revision,” 2015. - № 6. – pp. 3-9 (with Pavel Kadochnikov)

• Russian Foreign Trade Bulletin, “Rules of Origin in Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement,” 2015. - № 3. – pp. 15-27

• Journal of World Economy and International Relations, “Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement: Driving Forces and Potential Sticking Points,” 2015. - № 2. – pp. 14-22 (with Pavel Kadochnikov)

• Economic Policy Journal, “Trade Liberalization in China: A Response to Challenges in the Beginning of the 1990s,” 2014. - № 6. – pp. 103-113 (with Pavel Kadochnikov)

• Russian Foreign Trade Bulletin, “Dispute of Russia in the WTO: Arguments in Favor of the Progressivity of the Recycling Fee,” 2014. - № 6. – pp. 3-14 (with Pavel Kadochnikov)

• Russian Foreign Trade Bulletin, “Application of the Recycling Fee for Wheeled Vehicles by the Russian Federation,” 2013. - № 1. – pp. 10-27 : 4 (with Vittoria Idrisova)

Policy Workshops and Conferences

• 13 September, 2019 – Facilitator, “Global Economic Governance Through the Lens of Inequality and Sustainable Development,” International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Geneva, Switzerland

• 16 October, 2018 – Speaker, “Beyond Surveillance Capitalism: Reclaiming Digital Sovereignty,” DECODE Symposium, Barcelona, Spain

• 12 June, 2018 – Speaker, Conference “Trade Facilitation 2.0: Enabling Trade in the Digital Age,” RTA Exchange, Panel Session on Digital Trade, Geneva, Switzerland

• 19 April, 2018 – Speaker, ICTSD Conference, “ Trade Facilitation 2.0: Enabling Trade in the Digital Age,” Geneva, Switzerland

• 18 April, 2018 – Speaker, UNCTAD E-Commerce Week, Public Private Dialogue to Drive E-Commerce, Geneva, Switzerland

• 13 July, 2017 – Speaker, Conference “Trade-Related Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements,” RTA Exchange, Panel Session on Liberalization and Market Access , Geneva, Switzerland

• 2 April, 2015 – Speaker, Russian APEC Study Center Round Table “Economic Integration in Asia-Pacific: Possibilities and Perspective for Russia”, Moscow, Russia

• 11-12 May, 2014 – Speaker, APEC Study Center Consortium Conference 2014, Qingdao, China

• 29 September, 2014 – Participant, APEC Workshop on Advancing REI in the GVC Era, Taipei, Chinese Taipei

Project Work

• Selected Consulting Projects for Ciuriak Consulting Inc., Ottawa, Canada

  • Ex-ante simulations of the effects of the introduction of steel Tariff Rate Quotas on Canada’s public budget (Government of Canada)

  • Sustainability impact assessment in support of the negotiations for the modernization of the trade part of the Association Agreement with Chile (European Commission)

  • Building gravity model for investment flows between Turkey and the European Union (European Commission)

• Selected Research Project for BKP Development Research & Consulting GmbH, Munich, Germany

  • Estimating trade elasticities for fish products (European Commission)

  • Ex post evaluation of the implementation of the Trade Agreement between the EU and its Member States and Colombia, Peru and Ecuador (European Commission)

  • Study in support of the Impact Assessment for a future Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) Regulation granting trade advantages to developing countries (European Commission)

  • Position paper on innovative development finance instruments (EuropeAid)