Peter Krasnopolsky, Peter.Krasnopolsky@nottingham.edu.cn 

Peter is a PhD candidate at the University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China. His research focuses on multilateral cooperation in the post-Soviet Central Asia. Peter aims to explain how the nature of China’s and Russia’s engagement in the region affects the degree of connectivity between the five Central Asian states. He studies projects promoted and financed by China and Russia in sectors which have the ability to influence regional cohesion. In Bishkek he is conducting semi-structured interviews with experts, officials and business representatives.

Peter obtained his Master’s in International Relations from Nanyang Technoogical University in Singapore and Bachelor’s in Business Management from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey in the USA. He lives in Beijing, China.