Biography
Nikolay Zlobin - writer, publicist, political analyst, expert on international relations. He is listening to the heads of state. He loves the past and regularly participates in discussions on the topics of trends in the development of society. The journalist and military expert Igor Korutochko responds about Zlobin as an accurate and merciless mind, "studying Russia so that the United States knows how to harm us better."Childhood and youth
Nikolai Vasilyevich was born in Moscow on the first day of spring 1958, according to some sources - a year earlier. The boy was waiting for a typical biography of a child who had emerged in the family of scientists. His parents worked in the capital's universities. Father Vasily Ivanovich - Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor MSU, Mother Clara Zlobin - Nuclear Physicist, Scientific Secretary at the Academy of Sciences. However, according to the political scientist, his life is a good project.
At the end of the school, the publicist went in the footsteps of his father, studied at the East of MSU, he also defended his dissertation and graduated from the doctoral studies. Subsequently, it remained to teach in the Alma Mater Political Science, world journalism and International Communication. In the postprokery time was the adviser to the presidents of Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin. According to World Security Institute, Zlobin has received foreign grants for scientific research and teaching, including the Soros Foundation.
Career
In 1993, Nikolai went to the United States to teach at local universities, among which were Stanford and Harvard. According to Zlobin, the goal was not put on anything in America, it happened by chance: I left for work, the work turned out to be exciting, then a family appeared, put roots. At 100%, the political scientist does not belong to America or Russia."This makes it possible to maintain independence and impersonal, and on the other hand, it helps to open the doors on both sides, since each country considers its own."The difference is that living in Moscow, oppose those who live in this city, and compete in Washington with the rest of the world. While in permanent traffic between the two continents, Zlobin became a columnist for the Vedomosti, Izvestia and the "Russian newspaper", wrote two dozen books and three hundred journalistic and academic articles.
In America, Doctor of Philosophy received a degree in Philosophy, founded the International Information and Analytical Agency Washington Profile, proudly referred to as the "independent Russian-speaking source of Washington information". The electronic media offered to all those wishing to freely use his materials and invited colleagues to cooperate who do not have cornflows.
In 2000, Nikolay Zlobin got into Center for Defense Information. The institution initially analyzed the work of the Pentagon and controlled the execution of the budget for military spending. Over time, the Center has become a major independent analytical company, and Zlobin headed the Directorate of Russian and Euro-Asian programs. In 2007, the Center received a new name - Institute of World Security.
In 2013, Nikolai Vasilyevich was dissociated from World Security Institute and opened his own analytical institution - Center On Global Interests, funded by private investors. The object of research is the problem of global politics through the prism of relations between America and Russia.
Zlobin - a frequent guest on television and radio (on the "Echo of Moscow" leads its own blog). In May 2018, for the National News Service Agency, the political scientist presented the abstracts in which the shares of sarcasm outlined their attitude to the last events. According to Nikolai Vasilyevich, if Russia plans to expand the "law of Dima Yakovlev" in response to strengthening sanctions, it would be necessary to allow adopting and exporting those who can interfere with the election.
The political scientist himself became the author and the leading program "Once in America" on the radio "Watch FM".
The premiere of the film "Summer" directed by Cyril Serennikov at the Cannes Festival, the expert called the return to Soviet times when the authorities oppressed creative people. The draft law on the responsibility for the involvement of minors into unauthorized shares of Zlobin and did not consider it funny and advised to introduce the curfew, prohibit go outside after 22 hours.
Personal life
Russian by nationality, Zlobin since 1993 lived in America and, as he himself says, began to understand Americans only after 20 years. Some aspects of life overseas writer are still surprising. Nikolai Vasilyevich's knowledge and observations shared in America's books ... People live! " And "America. Issue of paradise. "
In 2009, the presentation of the joint literary labor of Nikolay Zlobin and Vladimir Solovyov "Confrontation: Russia - USA" took place. The political scientist presented a look at Russian-American relations from the outside, and the Russian TV presenter in the comments to each chapter supplemented the picture from the inside.
Nikolay Vasilyevich was repeatedly married. As later, the writer with humor was mentioned in an interview of his personal life, he "brought to the clean water of all his former women." One of his companion, an American, somehow revealed the chlorine of his eyes to everyday little things, calling Russia the country of stairs.
"No one thinks how many problems are delivered to the leads of mothers with strollers, disabled, old men. In the US, everything starts at the ground level, and if you need to go up, there are special mechanisms. "
According to rumors, Zlobin acquired an American passport, however, from direct answers to the question regarding citizenship, the former adviser Barack Obama shies.
The current wife of Nicholas Zlobin is the name of Lia. Dina Gubchenko's daughter was born in 2003. She received education in the Moscow school, where her father studied before. Her favorite object is Russian, it is indifferent to mathematics. My favorite book was "Who?" Alexander Vvedensky.
Political analyst - a passionate collector of old days. Favorite passion - hiking on antique shops in search of original things, art objects, books and the like. In the house that remained the same wife, Zlobin designed one of the rooms in the style of a medieval pharmacy. According to the expert, at one time he traveled many shops in search of vintage cans, flasks, devices and cabinets.
Nikolai Zlobin considers himself a lazy man, envy those who can conduct a diary and record a plan for every day. He never worked from call to a call, the only schedule who was guided by, by study, when he taught at the institutes. The biggest stimulus is Zeietn, when it is necessary to do the case at the last moment.
There is practically no free time from the writer, Zlobin's output does not give values. The style of work implies permanent Avral, it seems the impression of an ever-hurry person who has no time to extend. The lack of pleasure from recreation Nikolai Vasilyevich calls the loss that is emotionally and psychologically.
Zlobin confessed that he did not like two things - waiting and many hours of flights. First - because it means the absence of independent control of the time and the transfer of this right to others. During the second there are no conditions to make a useful business or comfortably get on board the aircraft.
And in order to plan departure to the airport, you have to "lead long dramatic conversations" with family and driver, so it takes a computer in the salon and a large number of newspapers. Not a fact that will touch the press, but heats the opportunity to take and read something.
A few years ago, Nikolai Vasilyevich led the "Live Journal", recently prefers "Facebook", "Twitter" and "Instagram".
In 2020, the political analyst changed the image. He lost weight, made a new hairstyle. Changes have undergone the Writer's wardrobe: the usual jackets replaced Casual-style costumes. Photo Nikolay Zlobin is postponing now on the page in "Instagram". Here are shots with his daughter.
Nikolay Zlobin now
The expert regularly comments on the political events of the international level. And if at one time it concerned more relations between Russia and Ukraine on the issues of Crimea and Donbass, then later the questions of the opposition of the two world powers - Russia and the United States came to the fore.After the victory of Joe Bayiden in 2020, Zlobin gave a forecast for the relations of the two countries in the presidential election. According to the expert, Moscow will become the "enemy of the number one" for Washington. China for the new administration will go out to the background, and tightening against the Russian Federation on the part of American politicians will only increase.
As Nikolai Zlobin noted, it is not relevant to use the word "sanctions". Everything that is taking place in relation to the Russian Federation is an element of the foreign policy of the United States and Europe. Although Nikolai Vasilyevich does not exclude that the beginning of 2021, the American president dedicates the struggle against the pandemic of coronavirus infection and stabilizing the epidemiological situation in the States.
Vladimir Putin's press conference, which took place in December 2020, also caused interest among the political scientist. According to Zlobin, Russian politician adheres to a friendly tone to the West, but does not respond to the main question that Russia can offer to improve the international situation.
Bibliography
- 2008 - "Confrontation. Russia - USA "
- 2009 - "The second new world order. Geopolitical puzzles »
- 2010 - "Putin-Medvedev. What's next?"
- 2013 - "America ... People live!"
- 2014 - "Russian turn. Where is Russia going? "
- 2016 - "Empire of Freedom. Values and Fobia American Society »
- 2017 - "Who is who in the Trump team"