Oleksandr Sukhodolia graduated in 1994 the National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” (NTUU”KPI”). He received a Ph.D degree in Electrical Engineering in 1999 from NTUU”KPI” and D.Sc degree in Public Administration in 2007 from the National Academy of Public Administration. He has extensive experience in public service and higher education. From 2012 Oleksandr works at the National Institute for Strategic Studies (Ukraine). His research interests focused on the energy security and critical energy infrastructure protection, system analysis, hybrid warfare. He has published widely on energy and national security, critical infrastructure protection. He authored and co-authored the books, namely "Energy efficiency in the context of national security: research methodology and implementation mechanisms” (2006), the “Green Paper on Critical Infrastructure Protection in Ukraine” (2015), “Developing the critical infrastructure protection system in Ukraine” (2017), Energy Weapon in a Geopolitical Strategy of Russia (2020), Energy Security of Ukraine: Methodology of System Analysis and Strategic Planning (2020).