Sergei M. Plekhanov ( Russian: Сергей Михайлович Плеханов; 7 May 1946) is a Canadian political scientist who is Associate Professor of Politics at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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 Academy of Sciences of the USSR. [1] From 1988 to 1993, he was a Deputy Director of the Institute for US and Canadian Studies. [1] From 1985 to 1990, Dr. Plekhanov participated in the development of reform policies of Mikhail Gorbachev and took part in Russia's democratic movement. [2] In 1992-2018, he taught as a Visiting Professor at the University of California, Irvine, and Occidental College in (Los Angeles). [1] His areas of interest included Russian politics and foreign policy; history of Russian communism and the Cold War; problems of post-communism; US-Russian relations; regional aspects of the crisis in Afghanistan. He is currently writing a book on the history of US-Russian relations.
From 1989 to 1991, Dr. Plekhanov served as Soviet Affairs Consultant with CBS News, [1] and from 1991 to 1992, he was a consultant for the production of the HBO television film Stalin, starring Robert Duvall. [3]
Plekhanov holds the following positions: [1]
His published works include: [4]
Sergei M. Plekhanov ( Russian: Сергей Михайлович Плеханов; 7 May 1946) is a Canadian political scientist who is Associate Professor of Politics at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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 Academy of Sciences of the USSR. [1] From 1988 to 1993, he was a Deputy Director of the Institute for US and Canadian Studies. [1] From 1985 to 1990, Dr. Plekhanov participated in the development of reform policies of Mikhail Gorbachev and took part in Russia's democratic movement. [2] In 1992-2018, he taught as a Visiting Professor at the University of California, Irvine, and Occidental College in (Los Angeles). [1] His areas of interest included Russian politics and foreign policy; history of Russian communism and the Cold War; problems of post-communism; US-Russian relations; regional aspects of the crisis in Afghanistan. He is currently writing a book on the history of US-Russian relations.
From 1989 to 1991, Dr. Plekhanov served as Soviet Affairs Consultant with CBS News, [1] and from 1991 to 1992, he was a consultant for the production of the HBO television film Stalin, starring Robert Duvall. [3]
Plekhanov holds the following positions: [1]
His published works include: [4]