Dr Allison is University Lecturer in the International Relations of Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia, at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow at St. Antony's College. His previous positions include Reader in International Relations, London School of Economics and Head, Russia and Eurasia Programme, The Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House). He is on the editorial or advisory board of 'International Affairs', 'European Security' and 'Central Asian Survey', among other journals, and has directed numerous major research projects. He is the co-author of 'Putin's Russia and the Enlarged Europe' (Blackwell/RIIA, 2006) and 'Internal Factors in Russian Foreign Policy' (OUP, 1996); author of 'The Soviet Union and the Strategy of Non-Alignment in the Third World' (CUP, 1990) and 'Finland's Relations with the Soviet Union, 1944-1994' (Macmillan, 1985), and has edited or co-edited a further five books.