Cold War Studies Centre: From the Cold War to the Making of the New World Order Lecture Series
Date: Thursday 9 November 2006
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Andrei Grachev
Chair: Professor Odd Arne Westad
Having served on the International Relations Department of the CPSU, Andrei Grachev became confidante and official spokesman for the last president of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev. From this privileged position, he is able to provide genuine insight into the unexpected collapse of the Soviet Empire in 1991.
Andrei Grachev is chairman of the Scientific Committee of the World Political Forum and was assistant and official spokesman for the last president of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev.
This lecture is part of the Cold War Studies Centre 'From the Cold War to the New World Order' lecture series.
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