Dr Alexey D Muraviev is Associate Professor of National Security and Strategic Studies at Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. He is the founder and Director of the Strategic Flashlight forum on national security and strategy at Curtin.
Alexey is the former Head of Department of Social Sciences and Security Studies at Curtin. Between 2016 and 2021, Alexey was academic lead of Curtin defence strategic initiative. He was also a non-residential fellow at Sea Power Centre Australia, the Royal Australian Navy; inaugural scholar-in residence at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute; and national judge, Department of Defence Eureka Prize for Outstanding Science in Safeguarding Australia (2019 to 2021).
Alexey has published widely in the field of national security, strategic and defence studies. His research interests include problems of modern maritime power; contemporary defence and strategic policy; Russia as a Pacific power; problems of Russian military power; the Russian navy; and Australian national security and defence.
Among his latest publications are Alexey D Muraviev, Battle Reading the Russian Pacific Fleet 2023–2030, Sea Power Paper, Canberra: Sea Power Centre Australia, 2023; Alexey D Muraviev, ‘Russia and the South China Sea’ in Howard M. Hensel (ed), Security Dynamics in the South China Sea, London and New York, Routledge, 2024; Alexey D Muraviev, ‘Back to its Comfort Zone: The Russian Navy’s Views of its Principal Adversaries, Strategy and Force Application, and Capability Development’ to Evan Wilson and Paul Kennedy (eds), Planning for War at Sea. 400 Years of Great Power Competition, Annapolis MD, Naval Institute Press, 2025.
He was one of key contributors to The Routledge Handbook of Soviet and Russian Military Studies (London and New York: Routledge, 2025): ‘From Tsushima to Berlin and the Kurile Islands: Russian and Soviet Naval Power, 1905–45’; ‘From the Tsar-Bomba to Start-I: The Evolution of the Soviet Strategic Nuclear Deterrent, 1945–91’; ‘The Soviet and Russian Navies: From the Cold War to the Cold War 2.0, 1945–2024’.
Alexey is regularly interviewed by national and international media.
He is the Contributor and Strategic Policy Analyst at the Sky News Australia.
