Konstantin Larionov is a recent graduate of the dual Master’s degree program in Nonproliferation and Terrorism studies of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS) and the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO). His research interests include non-proliferation organisations and regimes, Russian-US nuclear arms control relations, and emerging and disruptive technologies and their potential impact on strategic stability.
Previously, he worked as an intern at the PIR Center, a Moscow-based think tank, and the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP). He was awarded the Kathryn Wasserman Davis Collaborative in Conflict Transformation Graduate Fellowship and the Oxford Russia Fund Scholarship. He is also an alumnus of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs’ #Youth4Disarmament initiative.
He is originally from Yekaterinburg, Russia, and holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Ural Federal University.