He is also Director of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies (CCEIS) and a member of the Valdai Discussion Club. He is the deputy chief editor of the journal “Russia in Global Affairs” and director of studies at the Council of Foreign and Defense Policy (SVOP). Timofey V. Bordachev has a Ph.D. from St. Petersburg State University and an M.A. in European Politics & Administration from the College of Europe, Bruges.