Jacques Lévesque is emeritus professor of political science at Université of Québec in Montréal. He is a member of the Royal Society of Canada and knight of the National Order of Québec. He was senior expert for the Secretary of State for External Affairs of Canada in 1985, 1987 and 1989. He was also special advisor at the Canadian Embassy to the United Nations. His research focuses on Russia and USSR, East Europe, China-Russia relations, foreign policy. He is the author of many books, including L’URSS et sa politique internationale depuis 1917 (Armand Colin, 1980), L’URSS et sa politique internationale, de Lénine à Gorbatchev (Armand Colin, 1988), The USSR and the Cuban Revolution: Soviet Ideological and Strategical Prespectives (Praeger, 1977), La fin d’un empire: L’URSS et la libération de l’Europe de l’Est (Presses de Sciences Po, 1995), L’URSS en Afghanistan – 1979-1989 (Complexe, 1991).
Expertise
- East Europe
- Russia
- China-Russia Relations
Selected Publications
- Jacques Lévesque, Yann Bréault & Pierre Jolicoeur, La Russie et son ex-empire : Reconfiguration géo-politique de l’ancien espace soviétique (Presses de Sciences Po, 2003).
- Jacques Lévesque, Inauspicious Beginnings: Major Powers and International Security Institutions (McGill-Queens University Press, 2003).
- Jacques Lévesque, “L’identité et la sécurité de la Russie : les crises internationales comme miroir de la guerre de Tchétchénie,” Études Internationales 35 :1 (2004) : 49-72.
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