Ph.D of the University of Artois, France. Main research fields include: Xixia Characters and Xixia documents.

Professor at University of Americas (Universidad de las Américas). Main research fields include: regional studies, international scenarios and world political analysis.

 Leading Researcher, Ph.D in History in the Department of International Relations, Institute of Oriental Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia. Main research fields include: China's policy in the region of Middle East and in the post-Soviet space, One Belt and One Road Initiative. Main publications include: China-Turkey Strategic Partnership in the Modern Period: Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbrücken, Germany (2013). From China’s Concept of Peaceful Rise to the Chinese Great Dream: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany (2017). Chinese One Belt, One Road Initiative: Challenges and Opportunities: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, (2017).  

Researcher in Leiden Institute for Area Studies of Leiden University, member of the ERC project Open Philology: The Composition of Buddhist Scriptures. Main research fields include: Buddhist systems of thought in relation to their contemplative application, the methods and theories of Buddhist Studies. Major publications include: Journeys to Freedom: A Transdisciplinary and Cultural History of the Great Turning in Gesar Rituals (2015).

Leading Researcher in Center for Political Studies and Forecasts, Institute of Far Eastern Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Head of Department for the Study of the CPC and the Political System of China. Main research fields include: comparative analysis of political changes in Russia and China, comparative analysis of state policy and management in Russia and China. Main publications include: Problems of Transformation of the Political Systems of Russia and China (End of XX - Beginning of XXI Centuries): The Experience of Comparative Analysis (2008). Russian-Chinese and Chinese-Russian political and Political Science Dictionary, Together with M.N. Titov (2004).

Research Professor at the University of Newcastle, Australia; Xin Ao Distinguished Overseas Professor at Renmin University of China. Main research fields include: Western and Russian Marxism and religion, Chinese Marxism. Major publications include: Time of Troubles (coedit, 2017), Stalin: From Theology to the Philosophy of Socialism in Power (2017).