Khlopkov Anton

Director of the Center for Energy and Security Studies (Russia).

Born in 1978 in Protvino, Moscow region.

Anton Khlopkov is a graduate of the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhI). The topic of his master paper is Russian-Iranian Nuclear Energy Cooperation and Nonproliferation: Technological and Legal Aspects.

His research interests include regional aspects of WMD nonproliferation.

He is an author of the monograph The Iranian Nuclear Program and US-Russian Relations, and a co-author of the book Nuclear Nonproliferation in US-Russian Relations: Challenges and Opportunities, Cooperating For Global Security: International Programs Assisting Russia's Disarmament & Nonproliferation Efforts. Khlopkov's last publication is Iran's Missile And Nuclear Challenge: A Conundrum For Russia.

In 2001-2002 he served as a member of PFP Consortium Working Group on nonproliferation and export controls. On March 2002, Anton Khlopkov took part in the work of the Group of Governmental Experts to Prepare a United Nations Study on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Education.