Mr Jon Richardson

Postgraduate Research Scholar, Tutor, Political Science/History, ANU (1981-84)

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (1984-2016)

Chargé d'Affaires, Australian Embassy, Belgrade, Former Yugoslavia (1991-94)

Chargé d'Affaires, Australian Embassy, Moscow (1998-99)

Australian High Commissioner to Ghana, with accreditation to Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Guinea, Senegal, Sierra Leone (2004-08)

Australian High Commissioner to Nigeria, with accreditation to Benin, Cameroon, Gabon, Gambia and Niger (2013-16)

Also posted to Moscow (1987-89) and London (1994-98).

BA (Hons, First Class) ANU; MBA, Brunel University, UK.

Russia/Ukraine war

Western policy towards Russia post-Cold War

Soviet and Russian nationalities policy 

History of Crimea

Russian and European relations with Africa