Carnegie Experts on Eastern Europe

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  Thomas Carothers

  Vice President for Studies

  Carothers is a leading authority on democracy promotion and democratization worldwide as well as an expert on U.S. foreign policy generally.

 
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  James Collins

  Director, Russia and Eurasia Program;
  Diplomat in Residence

  Ambassador Collins was the U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation from 1997 to 2001 and is an expert on the former Soviet Union, its successor states, and the Middle East.

 
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  Thomas de Waal

  Senior Associate
  Russia and Eurasia Program

  De Waal is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment, specializing primarily in the South Caucasus region comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia and their breakaway territories as well as the wider Black Sea region.

 
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  Stefan Lehne

  Visiting Scholar
  Carnegie Europe

  Lehne is a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe in Brussels, where his research focuses on the post–Lisbon Treaty development of the European Union’s foreign policy, with a specific focus on relations between the EU and member states.

 
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  Maria Lipman

  Scholar-in-Residence
  Society and Regions Program
  Editor in Chief, Pro et Contra
  Moscow Center

  Lipman is the chair of the Carnegie Moscow Center’s Society and Regions Program. She is also the editor of the Pro et Contra journal, published by the Carnegie Moscow Center.

 
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  Alexey Malashenko

  Scholar in Residence
  Religion, Society, and Security Program
  Moscow Center

  Malashenko is the co-chair of the Carnegie Moscow Center’s Religion, Society, and Security Program. He also taught at the Higher School of Economics from 2007 to 2008 and was a professor at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations from 2000 to 2006.

 
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  Martha Brill Olcott

  Senior Associate
  Russia and Eurasia Program and
  Co-director
  al-Farabi Carnegie Program on Central Asia

  Olcott is professor emerita at Colgate University, having taught political science there from 1974 to 2002. Prior to her work at the endowment, Olcott served as a special consultant to former secretary of state Lawrence Eagleburger.

 
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  Matthew Rojansky

  Deputy Director
  Russia and Eurasia Program

  Rojansky, formerly executive director of the Partnership for a Secure America, is an expert on U.S. and Russian national security and nuclear-weapon policies.

 
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  Paul Schulte

  Nonresident Senior Associate
  Nuclear Policy Program and Carnegie Europe

  Schulte is a nonresident senior associate in the Carnegie Nuclear Policy Program and at Carnegie Europe, where his research focuses on the future of deterrence, nuclear strategy, nuclear nonproliferation, cybersecurity, and their political implications.

 
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  Lilia Shevtsova

  Senior Associate
  Russian Domestic Politics and Political Institutions Program
  Moscow Center

  Shevtsova chairs the Russian Domestic Politics and Political Institutions Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center, dividing her time between Carnegie’s offices in Washington, DC, and Moscow. She has been with Carnegie since 1995.

 
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  Olga Shumylo-Tapiola

  Visiting Scholar
  Carnegie Europe

  Shumylo-Tapiola is a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe in Brussels, where her research focuses on EU and Russian policy toward Ukraine, Moldova, and Belarus.

 
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  Dmitri Trenin

  Director
  Moscow Center

  Dmitri Trenin, director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, has been with the center since its inception. He also chairs the research council and the Foreign and Security Policy Program.

 
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  Sinan Ülgen

  Visiting Scholar
  Carnegie Europe

  Ülgen is a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe in Brussels, where his research focuses on the implications of Turkish foreign policy for Europe and the United States, particularly with regard to Turkey’s regional stance and its role in nuclear, energy, and climate issues.