Bio
Leigh Sarty is adjunct professor at the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies and a senior fellow at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, and senior fellow at the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History, University of Toronto. Leigh has a Ph.D. in political science and is a graduate of the Harriman Institute for Advanced Study of the Soviet Union at Columbia University. He was a Canadian foreign service officer from 1993 to 2021, with postings in Russia (1996–1999; 2012–2016) and Beijing (2003–2007).