Expertise

This is a general and evolving list of Russia experts available to the media and public. Unless otherwise indicated, the experts listed below are not affiliated with Russia Matters in any way.

In addition to the individual experts listed below, we would like to share an interactive multimedia guide to U.S.-Russia relations introduced in June 2019 by Carnegie Corporation of New York, called "U.S.-Russia Relations: Quest for Stability." This educational tool distills the fundamental issuesadversarial and cooperative alikethat define U.S.-Russia relations and harnesses the corporation’s unparalleled access to issue-area expertise, offering contemporary insight and analysis, historical context and a framework for moving toward greater geopolitical stability.

 

Irina Borogan, Senior Fellow, Center for European Policy Analysis.

Areas of expertise include: Russian security services, cyber security, disinformation, civil society and the rule of law. 

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Nataliya Bugayova, Non-Resident Russia fellow, Institute for the Study of War

Areas of expertise include: Ukraine; Russia; the Kremlin’s foreign policy decision-making, information operations and ongoing global campaigns including in the former Soviet Union and Africa. 

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Mark F. Cancian, Senior Adviser, International Security Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Areas of expertise include: Russian military affairs, military technology and defense and security.

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Samuel Charap, Distinguished Chair in Russia and Eurasia Policy and Senior Political Scientist, RAND Corporation; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

Areas of expertise include: the political economy and foreign policies of Russia and the former Soviet states, European and Eurasian regional security and U.S.-Russia deterrence, strategic stability and arms control.

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William Chase, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Pittsburgh

Areas of expertise include: Soviet history; political violence among communists.

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Timothy Colton, Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of Government and Russian Studies, Harvard University

Areas of expertise include: political leadership in Russia; mass politics in Russia; international relations of Eurasia.

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Nancy Condee, Professor; Director, Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, University of Pittsburgh

Areas of expertise include: contemporary Russian cinema; empire and postcolonial theory; contemporary culture; late Soviet culture.

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Heather A. Conley, Former President and Senior Advisor to the Board of Trustees of German Marshall Fund of the United States

Areas of expertise include: Arctic; climate change; Europe; European Union; geopolitics and international security; NATO; post-Soviet Europe; Russia; Eurasia.

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Isabelle Facon, Senior Research Fellow, Deputy Director in charge of research, Fondation pour la Recherche stratégique.

Areas of expertise include: Russian security and defense policies, Russia’s foreign policy, focusing on its Asia dimension and Russian-European relations.

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Sabine Fischer, Senior Fellow, Research Division Eastern Europe and Eurasia, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik).

Areas of expertise include: Russian foreign and security policies, EU-Russia relations, unsolved conflicts in the EU's eastern neighbourhood  and regional relations in Eastern Europe and Eurasia.

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Alexander Gabuev, Director, Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center

Areas of expertise include: Russia’s policy toward East and Southeast Asia; political and ideological trends in China; China’s relations with its neighbors, especially those in Central Asia.

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Mark Galeotti, Honorary Professor at the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, a Senior Non-Resident Fellow of the Institute of International Relations Prague and Associate Fellow at the Council on Geostrategy

Areas of expertise include: Russian organized crime, Russian law enforcement and security services.

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