Professor Mervyn Bain

Professor Mervyn Bain
Professor Mervyn Bain
Professor Mervyn Bain

MA, MLitt, PhD

Personal Chair

About
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. Since April 2017 he has been Head of School of Social Science.

Qualifications

  • PhD Politics 
    2003 - University of Glasgow 
  • MLitt Latin American Development 
    1997 - University of Glasgow 
  • MA Modern History 
    1995 - University of Glasgow 
Research

Research Overview

International Diplomatic Relations
Latin America and in particular Cuba
Soviet and Post Soviet Russia
Development Issues

Teaching

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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  • Cuba: Trapped by history – Still?

    Bain, M., Mollinedo, L. F.
    International Politics, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 260-276
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • “Back to the future?” Cuban–Russian relations under Raúl Castro

    Bain, M. J.
    Communist and Post-Communist Studies, vol. 48, no. 2-3, pp. 159-168
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • After a tense 50 years, Obama and Castro announce US-Cuba thaw

    Bain, M.
    The Conversation
    Contributions to Specialist Publications: Articles
  • Cuba and Russia at a Time of Change

    Bain, M.
    International Relations and Diplomacy, vol. 2, no. 7, pp. 451-461
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • From Lenin to Castro, 1917-1959: Early Encounters between Moscow and Havana

    Bain, M. J.
    Lexington Books, Lanham. 170 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
  • Havana and Moscow in the Post-Soviet World

    Bain, M. J.
    Caviar With Rum: Cuba-USSR and the Post-Soviet Experience. Loss, J., Prieto, J. M. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 239-249, 11 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Havana and Moscow: The Washington Factor

    Bain, M. J.
    Fifty Years of Revolution: Perspectives on Cuba, the United States and the World. Castro Marino, S., Pruessen, R. (eds.). University Press of Florida, pp. 72-89, 18 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Revolution to revolution: Moscow and Havana from 1917 to 1959

    Bain, M. J.
    Diplomacy & Statecraft, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 1-22
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Russia and Cuba: "doomed" comrades?

    Bain, M. J.
    Communist and Post-Communist Studies, vol. 44, no. 2, pp. 111-118
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Moscow, Havana and Neoliberal Economic Thinking

    Bain, M. J.
    The Latin Americanist, vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 5-23
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • A new era in Russian-Cuban relations?

    Bain, M. J.
    The International Journal of Cuban Studies , vol. 2, no. 1-2, pp. 39-49
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Havana and Moscow, 1959–2009: the enduring relationship?

    Bain, M. J.
    Cuban Studies, vol. 41, no. -, pp. 126-142
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Latin America

    Oelsner, A., Bain, M.
    Democratization. Haerpfer, C. W., Bernhagen, P., Inglehart, R. F., Welzel, C. (eds.). Oxford University Press, pp. 290-308, 19 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Havana, Moscow and the Neoliberal Economic Model

    Bain, M. J.
    International Politics, vol. 45, no. 5, pp. 594-612
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Russian-Cuban Relations Since 1992: Continuing Camaraderie in a Post-Soviet World

    Bain, M. J.
    Lexington Books. 174 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
  • Soviet-Cuban Relations, 1985 to 1991: Changing Perceptions in Moscow and Havana

    Bain, M. J.
    Lexington Books. 149 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
  • Triangle of Mistrust: Washington, Moscow and Havana

    Bain, M. J.
    Journal of Transatlantic Studies, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 145-162
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Globalization in Havana and Moscow

    Bain, M. J.
    Cuba in Transition?, Pathways to Renewal, Long-Term Development and Global Reintegration, pp.175-188.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Gorbachev's Legacy for Russian-Cuban Relations in the 1990s

    Bain, M. J.
    Redefining Cuban Foreign Policy. 'The Impact of the "Special Period", pp. 212-232, 20 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Cuba-Soviet Relations in the Gorbachev Era

    Bain, M. J.
    Journal of Latin American Studies, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 769-791
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • The Glasnost Effect on Soviet/Cuban Relations in the Gorbachev Era

    Bain, M. J.
    Journal of Transatlantic Studies, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 125-142
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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