Bobo Lo

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Bobo Lo (Chinese: 罗波波; born 1959)[1] is a Chinese Australian writer and foreign policy expert.[2] He received his MA from Oxford University and his PhD from the University of Melbourne.[3] From 1995 to 1999, he served as a diplomat in Moscow, as First Secretary then Deputy Head of Mission, at the Australian Embassy.[4] From 2005 to 2008, he headed the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House in London. Then, from 2008 to 2009, he was Director of the Russia and China programme at the Centre for European Reform.[5]

Bobo Lo
Born1959 (age 64–65)
Occupation
  • Writer
  • foreign policy expert
NationalityChinese American
EducationUniversity of Oxford (MA)
University of Melbourne (PhD)

He has written extensively on Russian and Chinese foreign policy. His book Russia and the New World Disorder was nominated for the 2016 Pushkin House Prize, and described by The Economist as the ‘best attempt yet to explain Russia’s unhappy relationship with the rest of the world’.[6]

Selected works edit

  • Soviet Labour Ideology and the Collapse of the State (2000)
  • Russian Foreign Policy in the Post-Soviet Era: Reality, Illusion and Mythmaking (2002)
  • Vladimir Putin and the Evolution of Russian Foreign Policy (2003)
  • China and Russia: Common interests, contrasting perceptions (2006)
  • Axis of Convenience: Moscow, Beijing, and the New Geopolitics (2008)
  • Russia and the New World Disorder (2015)

References edit

  1. ^ Bobo Lo German National Library
  2. ^ "【北京论坛2009学者专访】"坐前座"而不"当司机"——伦敦欧洲改革中心资深研究员Bobo Lo教授谈中国角色". 北京大学 (Peking University). Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Bobo Lo's Bio | People | Lowy Institute". www.lowyinstitute.org. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Bobo Lo". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Bobo Lo | Geopolitics Speaker - Chartwell Speakers Bureau". Expert Keynote and Motivational Speakers | Chartwell Speakers. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Bobo Lo's Bio | People | Lowy Institute". www.lowyinstitute.org. Retrieved 6 August 2019.

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