Bobo Lo (Chinese: 罗波波；born 1959) is a

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writer and foreign policy expert. He received his MA from

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and his PhD from the

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. From 1995 to 1999, he served as a diplomat in Moscow, as First Secretary then Deputy Head of Mission, at the Australian Embassy. From 2005 to 2008, he headed the Russia and Eurasia Programme at

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. Then, from 2008 to 2009, he was Director of the Russia and China programme at the

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. He has written extensively on

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and

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. His book ''Russia and the New World Disorder'' was nominated for the 2016 Pushkin House Prize, and described by ''

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'' as the ‘best attempt yet to explain Russia’s unhappy relationship with the rest of the world’.

Selected works

*''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)

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Lowy Institute The Lowy Institute is an independent think tank founded in April 2003 by Frank Lowy to conduct original, policy-relevant research about international political, strategic and economic issues from an Australian perspective. It is based in Sydney ...

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Institut français des relations internationales The Institut français des relations internationales (Ifri; English ''French Institute of International Relations'') is a think tank dedicated to international affairs, based in Paris, France. Overview Ifri was established in 1979 by Thierry de ...

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