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Igor Nikolaevich Panarin (, (:ˈiɡərʲ nʲɪkɐˈlaɪvʲɪtɕ pɐˈnarʲɪn); born 30 October 1958)〔 is a Russian professor and political scientist.〔(As if things were not bad enough, Russian professor predicts end of U.S. ), an interview for ''The Wall Street Journal'', 29 December 2008〕 He is best known for his hypothesis of possible disintegration of the USA into six parts in 2010, conceived by him as early as 1998 but only gaining world attention ten years later. Igor Panarin has written 15 books〔(Books by Igor Panarin ) at ''Ozon.ru'' 〕 and a number of articles on information warfare, psychology, and geopolitics. He is often interviewed by Russian and foreign (''Wall Street Journal'', ''Financial Times'', CNN, BBC, Sky News) media on issues of Russian policy, development of relationships with the USA, etc.〔 Panarin also has his own weekly radio programme. He has led electoral campaigns in Russia and abroad, and his students have included parliamentary deputies, regional leaders, Kremlin officials, and Foreign Ministry spokespeople.〔(Professor's apocalyptic vision of America ), an interview for Sky News, 31 March 2009〕 His interests include history, philosophy, psychology, computer science, communication, election technology, conceptual problems of globalisation, and the theory and practice of information warfare. ==Biography== Panarin graduated from the Higher Military Command School of Telecommunications of the KGB (now the Academy of Federal Security Guard Service of the Russian Federation) in Oryol and the Division of Psychology of the Military-Political Academy (with a gold medal). In 1993 he defended his thesis for Candidate of Psychological Sciences, titled "Psychological Factors of the Officer's Activity in Conditions of Innovations". His Doctorate in Political Sciences was awarded by the Russian Academy of Public Administration in 1997 for a thesis titled "Informational-Psychological Support of the National Security of Russia".〔 Panarin began his career in the KGB of the USSR in 1976. After 1991, he worked in the FAPSI, then the Russian equivalent of the U.S. National Security Agency,〔〔(Russia – USA: for the principles of fair play ), an interview for ''Krasnaya Zvezda'', 15 April 2009 〕 reaching the Colonel rank.〔 His field of activity was strategic analysis and integration of closed and open information streams, information stream management in crisis situations, and situation modelling of global processes. He did strategic forecasts for the then President Boris Yeltsin.〔 From 1999 to 2003, he worked as the Head of the Analytical Division of the Central Election Commission of Russia.〔 From 2006〔(Space agency declares informational war ), ''Kommersant'', 25 April 2006〕 to 2007,〔(Roskosmos press-secretary resigned ), RIA Novosti, 30 July 2007 〕 Panarin was the Press Secretary of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos), the Russian analogue of the U.S. NASA. Prof. Panarin started his teaching career in 1989 and has taught in the Moscow State University (MGU), the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University), the Russian Academy of Public Administrataion, and the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, where he has worked since 1999.〔(Department of Mass Communications and Public Relations in the Diplomatic Academy ) 〕 He also carries out activities on his own. In 2004, he launched his official website. In April 2008, his first training seminar called "Information warfare – technologies for success" was held. It was targeted at top managers of state and business structures, press service managers of authorities and large corporations, anti-crisis management experts, and decision makers in time-deficit situations.〔(Igor Paranin's seminars on information warfare ) 〕 On 20 May 2009, Panarin started ''World politics'' – his own weekly radio programme on the ''Voice of Russia'' radio. Panarin is currently the dean of the Russian Foreign Ministry's school for future diplomats and appears regularly on Russian television channels.〔(Russian Scholar Says U.S. Will Collapse Next Year ), Associated Press (reprinted by Fox News), 4 March 2009.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Igor Panarin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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