Pavel Kimovich Baev (born 22 May 1957 in Vladivostok, Russia), is a Norwegian political scientist and security scholar. He is currently a Research Professor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).
Baev graduated from the Moscow State University (MA in Economic and Political Geography, 1979) and worked in a research institute in the USSR Ministry of Defence. He received his PhD in International Relations from the Institute of USA and Canada in Moscow in 1988, then worked in the newly created Institute of Europe in Moscow until 1992, when he moved to Oslo, Norway and joined PRIO. In 1994-1996, he held the NATO Democratic Institutions Fellowship. In 1995-2001, Baev was co-editor of the academic journal Security Dialogue, and in 1999-2005 he was a member of the PRIO Board.
Pavel Baev's current research includes the transformation of the Russian military, Russian - European relations, Russia's energy policy, Russia's policy in the Arctic, Terrorism and conflicts in the Caucasus.
He is a member of the PONARS Eurasia program, currently located at the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at the Elliot School of International Affairs, George Washington University, in Washington, DC.
Baev is the author of several books, many academic articles, and he is a regular columnist in Eurasia Daily Monitor published by the Jamestown Foundation.