Fabiano Mielniczuk is Director at Audiplo and professor of International Relations at ESPM-SUL and Uniritter (Porto Alegre- Brazil). He is a former assistant professor of International Relations at IRI/PUC-Rio and former Research Coordinator at the BRICS Policy Center (Rio de Janeiro –Brazil). He owns his PhD degree in International Relations from IRI/PUC-Rio. His areas of expertise are BRICS, International Relations Theory, Security Studies, Russia and Europe.