Dmitriy Nikonov is a Senior Research Associate and has been with the Center for International Trade and Security at the University of Georgia since 1995. He received his B.A. cum laude in English/German Linguistics from the Pyatigorsk State Institute of Foreign Languages in Russia in 1993, his M.A. in Political Science from Western Illinois University in 1998, and his Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of Georgia in 2003. His primary research interests are multilateral export controls, nuclear security and politics in Russia, and international security issues.