Radoslav Yordanov completed his doctoral studies at Oxford University, defending a thesis on Soviet involvement in Ethiopia and Somalia, 1947–1991. This thesis served as a basis for his first monograph, published in the Harvard Cold War Book Series. Following visiting stints at the Russian Academy of Science’s Institute of World History, Columbia’s Harriman Institute, the Institute of Cuban History in Havana and the Davis Center, Radoslav completed his second book, investigating Soviet Bloc-Cuban relations during the Cold War and published with Stanford University Press (2024). His work has appeared in numerous peer-reviewed journals, including The Journal of Cold War Studies, Third World Quarterly, Journal of Contemporary History, International History Review, International Affairs, Estudios Públicos, Revista Brasileira de Politica Internacional, and Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies.