Oleksandr Lytvynenko, PhD., is a Director of the National Institute for Strategic Studies. Superannuated major-general. Professor, a Merited Scientist and Technologist of Urkraine. Graduated from Royal College of Defense Studies. Holds a degree of Law at Kyiv National University. Graduated from the Institute of Cryptography, Telecommunications, and Cimputer Science in Moscow. Was a Head of the National security agency at the National Security Council of Ukraine. Was a Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.