Dr. Anastasia Likhacheva has a PhD in International relations and works as a Deputy Dean for Research at the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs and Director of Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Russia. In 2012, she also worked as a visitor fellow at the Davis Center at Harvard University. Her key area of expertise is international political economy and geo-economics with a particular focus on Greater Eurasian projects, Economic Sanctions and Russian-Asian relations. She also develops the issues of water-related aspects of international affairs and world economy since 2009. She is an author of more than 50 papers, briefs and working papers published in Russia and abroad, regular contributor to Russian and international business media, member of several international expert groups. In particular, since 2016, she is also a head of Russian Organizing Committee of the Working Group for the Future of Russian-American relations – a joint project led by HSE and Harvard University since 2010.