George Fallis, dean of the Faculty of Arts at York welcomes Anne Leahy, diplomat-in-residence at York and former ambassador to Russia

There's a good reason why Russia still matters and western governments cannot abandon the country despite its continuing economic and political woes - its formidable nuclear arsenal still commands the world's respect.

Those sobering words brought mostly nods of assent when Anne Leahy, former Canadian ambassador to Russia, Armenia, Belarus and Uzbekistan, pronounced them at her inaugural lecture as York's first diplomat-in-residence. Her three-year ambassadorial stint completed, Leahy is spending this academic year at the University, a position funded through the federal government's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). Prior to her Russia posting, Leahy was ambassador to Poland from 1992-93. While at York, Leahy will be based at the University's Centre for International and Security Studies.

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