Ruslan Semenovich Grinberg is director of the Institute for International Economic and Political Studies of the Russian Academy of Science in Moscow. A specialist in economic theory, market economy reforms in the former socialist countries, and economic integration in the post-Soviet space, his recent work has included the development of a new model for government behavior in a modern market economy. Professor Grinberg has published more than 200 works in Russia, Austria, Poland, USA and Germany, including Economic Socio-dynamics and Rational Government Behavior. He is a committee chairman of the CIS National Investment Council, member of the Scientific Council of the Security Council of Russian Federation, member of the Expert Council of the All-Russia Commission for Certification, vice-chairman of the Russian branch of Economists Aligned for Arms Reduction, founder and participant of the Russian-American Group for Economic Transformation, and editor-in-chief of the journal The World of Changes. Professor Grinberg holds a Ph.D. in economics