Sergei M. Plekhanov

Sergei M. Plekhanov (born May 7, 1946 in Moscow, Russia) is Associate Professor of Political Science at York University in Toronto, Canada and a former Deputy Director of the Institute for US and Canadian Studies in Russia.

Education and career

Plekhanov received a B.A. and an M.A. in International Relations from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations and a Ph.D. in History from the Institute for the Study of the USA and Canada of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. From 1988 to 1993, he was a Deputy Director of the Institute for the Study of the USA and Canada. From 1985 to 1990, Dr. Plekhanov participated in the development of reform policies of Mikhail Gorbachev and took part in Russia’s democratic movement. Since 1992, he has taught as a visiting professor at the University of California, Irvine, and Occidental College in (Los Angeles). His areas of interest include Russian politics and foreign policy, history of Russian communism, problems of post-communism, US-Russian relations, and the local, regional, and global aspects of the crisis in Afghanistan. He is writing a book on US-Russian relations.

From 1989 to 1991, Dr. Plekhanov served as Soviet Affairs Consultant with CBS News, and from 1991 to 1992, he was a consultant for the production of the HBO television film Stalin, starring Robert Duvall.

Current positions and written works

His published works include:

References

  1. "Sergei Plekhanov". York University. Retrieved 29 March 2015.

External links

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