Andrei Tsygankov

Andrei Pavlovich Tsygankov (; born April 23, 1964) is a Russian-born academic and author in the field of international relations at San Francisco State University.

Early life and education Tsygankov received his Candidate of Sciences degree at Moscow State University in 1991 and after emigration a PhD from University of Southern California in 2000.

Career As of 2017, he has been a professor at San Francisco State University in California, where he teaches comparative Russian, and international politics in the Political Science and International Relations departments.

He has been a contributor at the Valdai Discussion Club.

Selected publications Pathways after Empire (2001) New Directions in Russian International Studies (2004) Whose World Order? (2004) Russia’s Foreign Policy (2006) Hardcover . Softcover . Russia and the West from Alexander to Putin (2012) The Strong State in Russia: Development and Crisis (2014) Russia's Foreign Policy: Change and Continuity in National Identity (2013) 5th edition (2019) Routledge Handbook of Russian Foreign Policy (2018) Chapter 3: doi/10.4324/9781315536934-4