Paul Robinson is a professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa, and the author of numerous works on Russian and Soviet history, international affairs, defence policy, and military ethics. His most recent book, Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich: Supreme Commander of the Russian Army (Northern Illinois University Press, 2014) was awarded the Society for Military History`s 2016 Distinguished Book Award for biography: https://www.niupress.niu.edu/niupress/Scripts/Book/bookResults.asp?ID=707 His next book, a history of Russian conservatism, is to be published by Northern Illinois University Press, in 2019. As well as his academic writing, Professor Robinson has also contributed numerous articles to newspapers and political magazines in Canada, the USA, the UK, and Russia