D.Sc. in Philosophy, Honoured Scholar of the Russian Federation, Main Research Fellow, the Chairholder of UNESCO chair “Philosophy in the Dialogue of Cultures”
(History of oriental philosophies (especially muslim philosophy and modern indian philosophy), philosophical comparativism)
(History of Indian philosophy, the early period of Indian philosophical schools, history of early Buddhist philosophy, the Pāli canon, Abhidhamma Piṭaka)
(Chinese foreign policy and geopolitics, Chinese political philosophy and strategic culture, War ethics, the China-Japan-Korea triangle, East Asian left libertarian thought)