Biography

Dr. Maksym Filatov is a political scientist and international political economist whose research focuses on authoritarian resilience, regime adaptation, and the political economy of regime survival under conditions of geopolitical competition, economic sanctions, armed conflict, and external pressure. He holds a Ph.D. in Modern World History and International Relations and has developed an interdisciplinary academic profile at the intersection of comparative politics, international relations, international political economy, and contemporary history. His research examines how authoritarian regimes mobilize domestic institutions, international economic linkages, financial infrastructures, strategic technologies, and transnational partnerships to preserve political stability and adapt to changing international constraints. China and Russia constitute the principal empirical focus of his work, with particular attention to Sino-Russian economic and financial interdependence, sanctions circumvention, strategic cooperation, de-dollarization, and the reconfiguration of Eurasian political and economic networks.

More broadly, his areas of expertise include Chinese foreign policy, Sino-American, Sino-Russian, and Sino-Ukrainian relations, economic security, sanctions policy, strategic technologies, and the transformation of the international order. His recent research explores how economic interdependence and alternative financial architectures can contribute to authoritarian resilience and reshape patterns of international power, dependency, and political alignment. He currently teaches a seminar on political systems in Central and Eastern Europe, with particular emphasis on external influences, economic dependencies, and political transformation.