Has consulted Canadian and US governments on Russian affairs and testified at hearings at the Parliament of Canada and US Congress.
Served as Soviet Affairs Consultant with CBS News (1989-1991).
From 1988 to 1993 - Deputy Director of the Institute for the Study of the USA and Canada.
Associate Professor of Political Science at York University, and former advisor to President Mikhail Gorbachev.
Holds B.A. and M.A. in International Relations from Moscow State Institute of International Relations and a Ph.D. in History from Institute for the Study of the USA and Canada, Academy of Sciences of the USSR.