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City Breakfast with Kyle Wilson: On top of the world and upside down: some aspects of Russian and Australian ties

Wed, 25 Oct 2017
07:30 - 09:00

The Australian Institute of International Affairs WA (AIIA WA) will be holding an intimate breakfast at the Western Australian Club with Kyle Wilson, a former intelligence analyst and diplomat. Putin once said that he knew where Australia was but never thought about it. But many Australians have thought about Russia a lot.

At this breakfast, Kyle will highlight some of the more intriguing aspects of Russian-Australian relations.

Price: $30  A set breakfast will be included in the cost of tickets and seats are strictly limited, so please register with the WA Club directly by calling (08) 9481 7000 or email events@waclub.com.au

About The Speaker

Kyle Wilson studied modern European languages at the ANU, graduating with a First in Russian in 1976. He studied at the Moscow and Leningrad State Universities (1977-79) and taught briefly at the University of Queensland before joining the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs in 1981. He had postings in Warsaw (1982-84), Moscow (1988-92) and Beijing (1995-2000). He studied Polish in Lublin and Krakow; and Mandarin at the Beijing Institute of Economics and Management. From 2000 to 2003 he headed DFAT’s China Political and Bilateral Section.  From 2003 to 2013 he was seconded to the Office of National Assessments as the Senior Analyst for Russia. He has served as official Russian interpreter for Australian heads of state, prime ministers, federal ministers and state premiers.  Since retiring he has been a Visiting Fellow at the ANU’s Centre for European Studies. At the invitation of its then Director General, Allan Gyngell (now the national President of the AIIA), he designed and completed an Oral History of the Office of National Assessments. His interests embrace all aspects of Russia past and present, with a particular focuses on Russian national myths and the history of Russian thought; Pacific Russia; Sino-Russian relations; and the history of Australian-Russian ties. He publishes commentaries for the Lowy Institute and ASPI.

The Western Australian Club
Level 11/12 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000, Australia

PO Box 1326, South Perth, Western Australia, 6951, Australia

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