Dr Sergii Tolstov

Member of the Supervisory Board.

Dr. Sergii Tolstov is a Ukrainian historian and political analyst, currently serving as Head of the Department of Transatlantic Studies at the Institute of World History, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU) following a distinguished career in the study of international relations, Euro-Atlantic cooperation, and Ukraine’s foreign and security policy.

Dr. Tolstov has taught International Relations, Foreign Policy Analysis, and European Security Studies at several prominent Ukrainian universities, including Taras Shevchenko National University, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kyiv Humanitarian Academy, and Kyiv University of Tourism, Economics, and Law.

His professional experience spans both academic and research institutions. Early in his career, Dr. Tolstov worked as a scientific editor at the Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia and later as a junior researcher at the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Social and Economic Problems of Foreign Countries. He held faculty positions in International Relations and Law at Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University before joining the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, where he has led the Department of Transatlantic Studies since 2014. Previously, he directed the Department of International Organizations and the Department of Transatlantic Studies at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations. In addition to his NASU work, Dr. Tolstov serves as Director of the Kyiv-based Institute for Political Analysis and International Studies.

Dr. Tolstov has published extensively on international relations, Euro-Atlantic security, and Ukraine’s foreign policy. His works include in-depth studies of transatlantic cooperation, the evolution of the international system, and the dynamics of military and political alliances. Some of his significant publications include Military Alliances and Coalition Relations in the Interwar Period, Euro-Atlantic Security Challenges and Ukraine’s Foreign Policy, and Transatlantic Relations in the 21st Century.

Dr. Tolstov has participated in the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program on U.S. foreign policy and has served on advisory councils at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the President’s Public Humanitarian Policy Council.

Dr. Tolstov graduated and completed his postgraduate studies with the Faculty of History of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University. He further developed his expertise as a research fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Dr. Tolstov is a native Ukrainian and Russian speaker, and speaks fluently English.

A list of publications by S. Tolstov is available on the web page:

https://scholar.google.com.ua/citations?hl=uk&user=fbqDcyMAAAAJ