Dmitry Stefanovich is a research Fellow at the Center for International Security at the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO RAS), a member of the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy (SVOP), and a member of the PIR Center Advisory Board.

Dmitry graduated (with honors) from the Institute of International Relations at the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (NRNU MEPhI) with a specialist degree in International Relations. In 2019 he was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH), Arms Control and Emerging Technologies program. In 2022-2023 he was a member of the of the first P5 Young Professionals Network team.

Dmitry is a participant of numerous Track 2 and Track 1.5 dialogues, as well as other international projects. He is an author of numerous publications for academic journals, think tanks and media. His research interests include strategic weapons, long-range precision weapons, hypersonic weapons, space weaponization, disruptive technologies and their impact on international security and strategic stability, arms control, regional security.