Prof. Alexander Likhotal

Professor Alexander Likhotal was the President of Green Cross International for 20 years, staying on its Board following his retirement in 2017. He has graduated the Moscow State Institute for International Relations (MGIMO) in 1972. He holds Ph.D. in History from the MGIMO (1975) and Senior Doctorate in Political Science from the Institute of World Economy and International Relations, USSR Academy of Sciences (1987). He is a certified Professor since 1991. In addition to an academic career he served as a European Security analyst for the Soviet Union leadership and was Deputy Spokesman and Advisor to the President of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev (1989-1991). He was a visiting professor at the Northeastern University, Boston, USA (1996-1998), Research Associate at the institute of European Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow (1992 – 1997) and Associate Editor of Security Dialogue Journal, Oslo, Norway (1994-2000). He is the author of several books and numerous articles.

A. Likhotal contributed to many international conferences. His talks on political matters were highly estimated at Princeton University and in the New York Foreign Policy Association, at Oxford University (UK), Max Planck Society and Kiel Institute for the World Economy (Germany) and many other think tanks and institutions. He is also a member the Board of Trustees of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, of the Club of Rome, of the World Academy of Art and Science, member of the Climate Change Task Force, a Councilor at the World Future Council, and serves as an adviser to the Club of Madrid.

Publications

  • Likhotal A. The Root Causes of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine | Cadmus Journal. www.cadmusjournal.org. Published 2022. Accessed October 20, 2023. https://www.cadmusjournal.org/article/volume-4-issue-6/root-causes-russian-invasion-ukraine

  • Likhotal A. Redefining Multilateralism | Cadmus Journal. www.cadmusjournal.org. Published 2020. Accessed October 20, 2023. https://www.cadmusjournal.org/article/volume-4/issue-3/redefining-multilateralism

  • Likhotal A. Global leadership in the 21st Century | Cadmus Journal. www.cadmusjournal.org. Published 2020. Accessed October 20, 2023. https://www.cadmusjournal.org/article/volume-4/issue-2-part-2/global-leadership-21st-century

  • Likhotal A. The World in Transit: Going Beyond Myopic Visions | Cadmus Journal. www.cadmusjournal.org. Published 2018. Accessed October 20, 2023. https://www.cadmusjournal.org/article/volume-3/issue-4/world-transit-going-beyond-myopic-visions

  • Likhotal A. Debugging Democracy | Cadmus Journal. www.cadmusjournal.org. Published 2016. Accessed October 20, 2023. https://www.cadmusjournal.org/article/volume-2/issue-6/debugging-democracy

  • Likhotal A. From Reset to Reboot? | Cadmus Journal. www.cadmusjournal.org. Published 2015. Accessed October 20, 2023. https://www.cadmusjournal.org/article/volume-2/issue-4-part-2/reset-reboot

  • Likhotal A. New Paradigm Quest | Cadmus Journal. www.cadmusjournal.org. Published 2015. Accessed October 20, 2023. https://www.cadmusjournal.org/article/volume-2/issue-4-part-1/new-paradigm-quest

  • Likhotal A. Environmental Acceptability as the driver of New Civilization | Cadmus Journal. www.cadmusjournal.org. Published 2014. Accessed October 20, 2023. https://www.cadmusjournal.org/article/volume-2/issue-2-part-1/environmental-acceptability-driver-new-civilization

  • Likhotal A. The Future of Water: Strategies to Meet the Challenge | Cadmus Journal. www.cadmusjournal.org. Published 2013. Accessed October 20, 2023. https://www.cadmusjournal.org/article/volume-2/issue-1-part-2/future-water-strategies-meet-challenge