Natalia Viakhireva, Ph.D., is an expert and program manager at Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Moscow, Russia. In the Council Natalia is responsible for projects on Russia’s relations with the EU and the U.S, on Euro-Atlantic security, and projects on International cooperation in the Arctic.
She has a PhD in international relations from the Institute of the U.S. and Canadian Studies of Russian Academy of Science. Her University degree is in world politics and North American studies from State Academic University for Humanities, Department of World Politics, Russia.