MA, MLitt, PhD
Personal Chair
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- Email Address
- mervyn.bain@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272717
- Office Address
F30, Edward Wright Building
- School/Department
- School of Social Science
Biography
Mervyn Bain was appointed as a Teaching Fellow in June 2004 and in June 2005 he was appointed as a Lecturer. In 2011 he was promoted to Senior Lecturer before in 2019 being promoted to a Personal Chair in International Relations. He obtained his undergraduate, Masters and PhD degrees all from the University of Glasgow. From February 2017 to December 2022 he was Head of School of Social Science.
Qualifications
- PhD Politics2003 - University of Glasgow
- MLitt Latin American Development1997 - University of Glasgow
- MA Modern History1995 - University of Glasgow
- Research
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Research Overview
International Diplomatic Relations
Latin America and in particular Cuba
Soviet and Post Soviet Russia
Development IssuesFor the above topics I have received funding from The British Academy, The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland and the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
PI1018 Politics and International Relations 1: Democracy and Governance
PI3069 Researching in the 21st Century
PI3565 Soviet and Post Soviet Russian Foreign Policy
IR4003 Modern Day Latin America
- Publications
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Havana and Moscow in the 1970s; ‘sovietization’ in an era of détente
Cuba's Forgotten Decade: How the 1970s Shaped the Revolution. Kirk, E. J., Clayfield, A., Story, I. (eds.). Lexington Books, pp. 23-40, 18 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersRaúl Castro and Cuban-Russian Relations, 2008-2018
Cuban Foreign Policy: Transformation under Raúl Castro. Erisman, H. M., Kirk, J. H. (eds.). Rowman and LittlefieldChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersRusso–Cuban Relations in the 1990s
Diplomacy & Statecraft, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 255-273Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Havana, Moscow and Beijing: Looking to the Future in the Shadow of the Past
Social Research: An International Quarterly, vol. 84, no. 2, pp. 507-526Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE]
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Russia, Cuba and colonial legacies in the twenty-first century
Journal of Transatlantic Studies, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 1-17Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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How Fidel Castro changed Cuba: a small island at the centre of the world
The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: Articles- [ONLINE]
Havana, Moscow and Washington: Triangular Relationship at a Time of Change?
The Latin Americanist, vol. 60, no. 3, pp. 323-346Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Cuba is reheating relations with Russia and US at the same time
The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: Articles- [ONLINE]
Moscow, Havana and Asymmetry in International Relations
Cambridge Review of International Affairs, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 1044-1060Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Cuba: Trapped by history – Still?
International Politics, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 260-276Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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