Hi! My name is Artem Kvartalnov. I am a PhD candidate in Government at the University of Texas at Austin. I am also a Graduate Fellow at the Clements Center for National Security. I hold B.A. and M.A. degrees from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) and an M.A. from the University of Texas at Austin. Before coming to UT, I worked and interned at PIR Center and UNDP Eurasia.

I specialize in international relations and political methodology. My focus areas include diplomatic alignment, responses to aggression, preferences in international relations, and text analysis.

My dissertation, "The Promise of Peace: Essays on Alignment Decisions, Conflict Proneness, and the Contemporary Order," examines the sources and consequences of alignment in international politics using original datasets, network analysis, and text analysis methods. In my first dissertation chapter, “Multilateral Diplomatic Responses to International Aggression: Evidence from UN Voting,” I argue that low-cost multilateral diplomacy reduces material constraints on third parties, leaving prior alignment with the aggressor and the salience of the act of aggression itself as the main competing factors shaping the response. In my job market paper and second dissertation chapter, “What States Agree About: Domain-Specific Preferences and Interstate Conflict,” I argue that preference similarity reduces conflict only when agreement concerns conflict-relevant issues and is politically costly to express. In my third dissertation chapter, “Multi-Alignment as Network Position: Brokerage, Hedging, and Strategic Autonomy,” I ask whether multi-alignment, defined as cooperation with multiple major powers without rigid alliance commitments, delivers what its practitioners expect: less dependence and greater security.

In my spare time, I like hiking and walking. I especially enjoy exploring dense and lively urban environments. I advocate for free press, peace, public transit, animal rights, and sobriety.