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Nikolai Vasilievich Zlobin

(eng. Nikolai Zlobin; born March 1, 1958, Moscow, according to other sources - March 1, 1957) - American and Russian political scientist, historian, publicist, president of the Center on Global Interests in Washington. Author of books and publications on politics, history, and Russian-American relations, which were published, in particular, in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, International Herald Tribune, Chicago Tribune.

Biography[edit | edit code]

Born into the family of the Soviet historian Vasily Zlobin and the scientific secretary of the Department of Nuclear Physics of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Klara Konstantinovna Zlobina (Bondarenko).

He graduated from Moscow school No. 14 (since 1980 it was No. 26, now No. 2086).

In 1974-1979 he studied at the Faculty of History of Moscow State University, his scientific advisor was Professor V.Z. Drobizhev.

In 1979-1982 - in graduate school at Moscow State University [1], in 1983 he defended his thesis on the topic “Improving the scientific management of the social development of the workforce in conditions of developed socialism: using the example of the Volzhsky Automobile Plant named after. 50th anniversary of the USSR and the Automobile Plant named after. Lenin Komsomol"[2][3].

In 1990-1993 he completed doctoral studies at the Federal State University of Moscow State University.

From 1983 to 1993 he taught and was engaged in scientific work at Moscow State University. Junior researcher, assistant, senior lecturer, associate professor, leading researcher. At that time he was an adviser to the President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev and later an adviser to the President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin.

From 1993 to 2000, he worked as a visiting professor and researcher at a number of US universities, including from 1995 to 1999 at Webster University[4]. He has presented at the Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, American University in Washington, Georgetown University, Stanford University, Webster University, George Washington University, and Harvard University.

1993-2013 - co-editor of the first scientific journal on democratization of the former USSR Demokratizatsiya[en], which is published in the USA. 2000-2004 - founder and director of the international news agency Washington Profile. 2001-2005 - Director of Russian and Asian programs at the US Defense Information Center, Washington. Since 2004, a permanent member of the Valdai international discussion club. 2005-2014 was a member of the expert council of RIA Novosti. From 2006 to 2012, he was director of Russian and Asian programs at the World Security Institute in Washington, USA[5]. Since 2008, he has been a permanent participant in the World Political Forum in Yaroslavl. Since 2012, founder and president of the Center on Global Interests[en] in Washington[6].

Member of the editorial boards and councils of a number of academic and political publications and series in different countries of the world, including “Continent”, “Free Thought”, “General Notebook”, “Political Studies”, etc. Member of the boards of directors and supervisory boards of a number of Russian and American and international analytical organizations and centers.

Education

He graduated from Moscow school No. 14 (now No. 26). In 1974-1979 studied at the Faculty of History of Moscow State University. M. V. Lomonosov. The scientific supervisor at Moscow State University is Professor V.Z. Drobizhev. In 1979-1982. graduate school of the Faculty of Public AdministrationK: Wikipedia: Articles without sources (type: not specified)[ source not specified 2343 days

][1]MSU. In 1990-1993 - Doctoral studies at the Federal State University of Moscow State University. Candidate of Historical Sciences.[2]

Scientific works[edit | edit code]

Author of 17 books and more than 300 academic articles, chapters and sections in collective monographs, as well as a large number of journalistic materials published in 16 languages ​​in more than 30 countries. Author of a number of university textbooks on history, politics and global journalism, published in different countries. Co-author of the first “non-communist” textbook on the history of the USSR for high school, published in the USSR in the late 1980s. Author of the first historical work in Russian about US President Harry Truman[7] and the first archival study of the history of the preparation of Winston Churchill's Fulton speech in March 1946, which was considered in the USSR to be a declaration of the Cold War[8]. Co-author of the first textbook in the United States and the world on global journalism and the basics of media literacy, translated into many languages[9].

Journalism[edit | edit code]

In the early 2000s, he wrote a column in Izvestia, in 2008-2014 he wrote regular columns in the Vedomosti and Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspapers, and in 2010-2012 he wrote a column in Snob. Published many times in The New York Times, International Herald Tribune, The Washington Post, Financial Times, Los Angeles Times.

In 2008-2009, he hosted a weekly column on the radio “Silver Rain” in the program “Nightingale Trills”. Since 2010, he has participated in the weekly program “Full Contact” on Vladimir Solovyov’s show on Vesti FM radio[10]. Frequent guest and commentator on television and radio programs, in particular on the Ekho Moskvy radio and Al Jazeera America television channel.

From April 2021 to the present - co-host, opponent of Dmitry Kulikov in the talk show “Red Project” on TV Center[11].

Russia is a country of steps

“AiF.ru”: — We constantly have some publications about America in our press. How interested are Americans in what is happening in our country?

N.Z.: — Americans are much less interested in Russia, and in completely different aspects than America is of interest to Russians. I came to the following conclusion for myself: America is the main producer of news in the world. The world community's awareness of America is very high, but it actually imitates knowledge about the country. The Americans have a completely different situation. If he knows Russia, he knows, but he is much less informed about what is happening here, since there is much less daily news about Russia there. What we know about them and what they know about us seems to be happening in different layers of the atmosphere. Therefore, when a Russian and an American meet, they find it difficult to find a common language.

Article on the topic

Alexander Genis: “The main myth of America is the story of Cinderella”

“AiF.ru”: - Nikolay, you have been living in the USA for quite a long time, is there something that you still do not understand about this nation?

N.Z.: — Every day I find something new in this country. It is impossible to understand a country if you were not born and raised in it, and did not go through childhood. I still don’t understand... I describe this in a new book. Amazing thing! When Americans throw joint parties so as not to burden the hostess, usually everyone who comes brings something with them. All this is eaten, and then a funny procedure begins for me personally, when what is not eaten, the hostesses try to take back, and the funniest thing is that they begin to clear the table long before the guests begin to leave, all the guests participate in dismantling the table , you can't leave until the table is cleared. When the table is cleared, the dishes are washed, another funny procedure begins - a long discussion and finding out who brought what plate, because this plate must be taken back: “This is your plate,” “No,” “Let’s meet tomorrow at the sports club, I’ll give you I’ll pass this plate, and you’ll pass me my cup,” etc. This is a mystical procedure for me. These plates are worth nothing, sometimes they are even plastic, but it still takes a long time to find out.

“AiF.ru”: — Then the counter question is that Americans don’t understand about Russia, can you give an example?

N.Z.: — I once had an American wife. Once I brought her to Russia. After a week in Moscow, she struck me with a question. I live in Moscow in one of Stalin's high-rise buildings. There, to enter the entrance, you have to climb two dozen steps. You enter a chic lobby and another two dozen steps to the elevator. It always seemed very pretentious to me - marble steps, high ceilings. After traveling around Moscow, she said: “You have a country of steps. Everywhere you have to climb steps. What about pensioners, disabled people, mothers with strollers, doctors? Has anyone thought about this? I started looking around and was really convinced: we are a country of steps. In America, everything starts at ground level. I entered a house, an apartment, an institution - at ground level, and if you need to go up, then there are all sorts of mechanisms. There is nothing like that here. I should have brought my American wife to Moscow so that she would open my eyes to such little things.

Views and worldview[edit | edit code]

In 2001, he put forward the theory of a non-polar world as the basis of the modern international system. He defined foreign policy as correctly realized and formalized state egoism. He is a supporter of the idea of ​​eroding the sovereignty of nation states and believes that traditional nation states and economies are becoming obsolete. He advocates the formation of new principles of international security and a fundamentally new structure of international institutions. Criticizes the regional approach to security.

He has repeatedly stated that the USSR has not yet completely collapsed and the borders in the post-Soviet space will change. Probably the only American political scientist who openly advocated the independence of Abkhazia and welcomed its recognition by Russia in 2008. At the same time, he places a high value on Georgia’s internal political achievements. Believes that Russia may be threatened with disintegration into several states[12]. He is a supporter of the gradual elimination of internal national borders in Russia.

Pedagogical, scientific and journalistic activities

Pedagogy

In Russia

1983—1993 — taught and was engaged in scientific work at Moscow State University. Junior researcher, assistant, senior lecturer, associate professor, leading researcher. At that time he was an adviser to the President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev and later an adviser to the President of the Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin.

IN THE USA

In 1993-2000, he worked as a visiting professor and researcher at a number of universities (including 1995-1999 at Webster University (St. Louis, USA).[3] In the USA, he repeatedly made presentations at leading research institutes - Kennan Institute of Advance Russian Studies, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, American University in Washington, Georgetown University, Stanford University, Webster University, George Washington University and Harvard University.

Research work

Author of 17 books and more than 300 academic articles, numerous chapters and sections in collective monographs, as well as a large number of journalistic materials published in 16 languages ​​in more than 30 countries. Author of a number of university textbooks on history, politics and global journalism, published in different countries. Co-author of the first “non-communist” textbook on the history of the USSR for high school, published in the USSR in the late 1980s. Author of the first historical work in Russian about US President Harry Truman[4] and the first archival study of the history of the preparation of Winston Churchill's Fulton speech in March 1946, which was considered in the USSR to be a declaration of the Cold War[5]. Co-author of the first textbook in the United States and the world on global journalism and the basics of media literacy, translated into many languages[6].

1993—2013 — co-editor of the first scientific journal on democratization of the former USSR Demokratizatsiya[en], which is published in the USA.

2000—2004 - founder and director of the international news agency Washington Profile.

2001—2005 - Director of Russian and Asian programs at the US Defense Information Center, Washington.

Since 2004, a permanent member of the Valdai International Discussion Club.

2005—2014 — member of the expert council of RIA Novosti.

2006—2012 - Director of Russian and Asian programs at the World Security Institute in Washington, USA[7].

Since 2008, he has been a permanent participant in the World Political Forum in Yaroslavl.

Since 2012, founder and president of the Center on Global Interests[en] in Washington, USA[8].

Member of the editorial boards and councils of a number of academic and political publications and series in different countries of the world, including “Continent”, “Free Thought”, “General Notebook”, “Political Studies”, etc. Member of the boards of directors and supervisory boards of a number of Russian and American and international analytical organizations and centers.

Journalism

In the early 2000s, he had a column in Izvestia. From 2008 to 2014, he wrote regular columns in the Vedomosti and Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspapers. In 2010-2012, he wrote a column in Snob. Published many times in The New York Times, International Herald Tribune, The Washington Post, Financial Times, Los Angeles Times.

In 2008-2009, he had his own weekly column on the radio “Silver Rain” in the program “Nightingale Trills”. Since 2010, he has participated in the weekly program “Full Contact” on Vladimir Solovyov’s show on Vesti FM radio[9]. Frequent guest and commentator on television and radio programs, in particular on Ekho Moskvy radio and Al Jazeera America television channel.

Books[edit | edit code]

Publishing house Eksmo:[21]

• "Who's who on Team Trump?" (2017) ISBN 978-5-699-96017-0
• "Empire of Freedom: The Values ​​and Phobias of American Society" (2016) ISBN 978-5-699-92226-0
• “Russian turn: where is Russia going?” (2014) (with Vladimir Solovyov) ISBN 5-457-60902-2, ISBN 978-5-457-60902-0
• "America: Devil of Paradise" (2013) ISBN 5-457-34742-7, ISBN 978-5-457-34742-7
• “America... People live!” (2012) ISBN 5-457-08173-7, ISBN 978-5-457-08173-4
• “Putin-Medvedev. What's next?" (2010) (with Vladimir Solovyov) ISBN 5-699-40992-0, ISBN 978-5-699-40992-1
• “Confrontation. Russia. USA." (2009) (foreword by Alexander Voloshin, comments by Vladimir Solovyov) ISBN 5-699-32158-6, ISBN 978-5-699-32158-2
• Zlobin, N.
  The Second New World Order. Geopolitical puzzles. - M.: Eksmo, 2009. - 320 p. — ISBN 978-5-699-34086-6. ISBN 5-699-34086-6
• Ways of perestroika: experience and modernity. Ed. Higher school, 1989, 190 pp.[22]

Other:

• “On the sidelines of Washington: the mindset of the US establishment during the second term of President George W. Bush (2005-2008)” (2009) (with Lev Belousov)
• International Communication: A Media Literacy Approach
  (2004) (with Arthur Silverblatt)
• "Russia in the post-Soviet space"

Views and worldview

In 2001, he put forward the theory of a non-polar world as the basis of the modern international system. He defined foreign policy as correctly realized and formalized state egoism. He is a supporter of the idea of ​​eroding the sovereignty of nation states and believes that traditional nation states and economies are becoming obsolete. He advocates the formation of new principles of international security and a fundamentally new structure of international institutions. Criticizes the regional approach to security.

He has repeatedly stated that the USSR has not yet completely collapsed and the borders in the post-Soviet space will change. Probably the only American political scientist who openly advocated the independence of Abkhazia and welcomed its recognition by Russia in 2008. At the same time, he places a high value on Georgia’s internal political achievements. Believes that Russia may be threatened with disintegration into several states[10]. He is a supporter of the gradual elimination of internal national borders in Russia.

Communication with Putin

He is known as a harsh critic of Russian policy, although there is an opposite opinion that he privately supports it.

Repeatedly communicated directly with Russian leaders. For example, it is known that in 2005, Zlobin took a receipt from Vladimir Putin stating that he would not run for president in 2008, and also change the Constitution in order to obtain such an opportunity.[11][12] In a 2006 conversation, Putin told Zlobin that he did not consider himself a politician in the traditional sense of the word. Putin repeated this to Zlobin in Novo-Ogaryovo in February 2012[13]. In 2008, to Nikolai Zlobin’s question “How long will you work as prime minister?” Vladimir Putin answered: “As much as God will give.”

He is considered the author of the main questions on the topic of the 2012 elections. It was in a conversation with Zlobin in September 2009 that Vladimir Putin said that he and Dmitry Medvedev were “of the same blood” and they would not compete in the 2012 presidential elections, but the two of them would sit down and come to an agreement. “We’ll sit down and come to an agreement depending on the specific situation. We’ll decide among ourselves.”[14] Two days later, Dmitry Medvedev expressed this idea to Zlobin, emphasizing that “some time ago I didn’t even intend to run for president, but fate decreed it that way, and therefore I don’t make any plans for myself, I don’t rule out anything.”

In the fall of 2011, Zlobin asked Putin why the system of power he created did not produce new young high-level politicians, to which Putin objected, but could only name Dmitry Medvedev as an example. In December 2011, Zlobin live asked Putin a question about Russia’s allies in the world, to which Putin responded about Russia winning the right to host the Olympics in Sochi, which shows that Russia “has many allies”[15].

Links[edit | edit code]

• zlobin.eksmo.ru - Nikolai Zlobin’s official website on the Eksmo portal
• Column by Nikolai Zlobin in “Snob”
• Column by Nikolai Zlobin in Rossiyskaya Gazeta
• Column by Nikolai Zlobin in Vedomosti
• TV show “To the Barrier!”: N. Zlobin vs. V. Zhirinovsky - “Waiting for a Cold War with the USA” (video)