About Me

Dr. Leonid A. Petrov

International Business Expert, Asian Studies Scholar, Author and Translator.

Mob: +61403076604

Leonid Petrov graduated from St. Petersburg State University in 1994, where he majored in Asian and African Studies. In 1994-1996, he worked as interpreter for the South Korean National Soccer Team and participated in the 26th Olympic Games in Atlanta. In 1996-2002, Leonid Petrov worked on his doctoral thesis “Socio-economic School and the Formation of North Korean Official Historiography” at the Australian National University. Since 2003, Dr. Petrov has lectured at the Intercultural Institute of California (San Francisco), Keimyung University (Daegu, Korea), Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), the University of Sydney and Australian National University. He worked on a number of projects sponsored by the Australian Research Council: “Historical Conflict and Reconciliation in East Asia” (2007-2009, ANU), “Northeast Asia and the Korean War: Legacies of Hot and Cold Wars in Contemporary Constructions of the Region” (2011-2017, ANU); and “North Korea’s Quiet Transformation” (2013-2018, UTS).

Dr. Petrov is a Senior Lecturer and Program Manager at the International College of Management Sydney, where he teaches Strategic Intelligence, Cross-cultural Management, International Tourism and other business-related subjects.

He is also a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University’s School of Culture, History and Language where he teaches the Korean War course and gives guest lectures on Reconciliation in East Asia.

This weblog carries Leonid Petrov’s essays and interviews on International Relations with focus on Korea (North and South). You are welcome to use these materials but please acknowledge the source.

See the full list of publications here…

Other web projects by Leonid Petrov:

코리아 비전 (in Korean)

ВЗГЛЯД ИЗ АВСТРАЛИИ (in Russian)

L&J DEVELOPMENT & CONSULTANCY (Archived)

NORTH KOREAN STUDIES (Archived)

СЕРВЕР “ЗАГРАНИЦА” – ПЕТРОВ Л.А. (in Russian)

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR CONTEMPORARY KOREA STUDIES