MOSCOW

AVAILABLE IN NOVEMBER  2023
NON-FICTION
R350,00
213 mm x 137 mm SOFT COVER
308 pages
ISBN: 978-1-991256-43-0

Gerrit Olivier hails from the Karoo town of Oudtshoorn. He holds a PhD in International Politics from the University of Pretoria, the first one of its kind ever to be awarded by a South African University. After holding the position of professor of Political Science and
International Politics at the University of Pretoria, he joined the South African diplomatic service in 1983, serving as the country’s first diplomatic representative in the Soviet Union and first Ambassador to the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan. In 1996 he was appointed at the Rand Afrikaans University (now University of Johannesburg) as director of the Centre for European Studies. During his academic career, he received research grants from the SA Human Science Research Council, the British Council, the Deutsche Akademische Austauchdienst (DAAD), the American and the Taiwanese Governments and was visiting fellow at the Centre for International Politics at Harvard University and the Moscow Institute for Diplomacy and International Relations (Mgimo). He is the author of numerous academic books and articles, a regular commentator on radio and television and the writer of newspaper articles on topical international issues