A Conversation With Michael McFaul
McFaul sat down in the DiploPod studio with Lauren Dueck to discuss his new book, U.S.-Russian relations, and where Putin’s foreign policy is headed. (Runtime - 12:08)
· May 11, 2018
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Michael McFaul
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In addition to his role at Carnegie, Michael A. McFaul is Peter and Helen Bing Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and associate professor of political science at Stanford University. Before joining the Stanford faculty in 1995, he worked for two years as a senior associate in residence at the Carnegie Moscow Center. McFaul is also research associate at the Center for International Security and Cooperation and the Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, both at Stanford, and senior advisor to the National Democratic Institute.
He serves on the board of directors of the Eurasia Foundation, Firebird Fund, International Forum for Democratic Studies of the National Endowment for Democracy, Institute of Social and Political Studies, Center for Civil Society International, and Institute for Corporate Governance and Law; the steering committee for the Europe and Eurasia division of Human Rights Watch, and the editorial boards of Current History, Journal of Democracy, Demokratizatsiya, and Perspectives on European Politics and Society. He has served as a consultant for numerous companies and government agencies.
McFaul's current research interests include regime change in non-democratic states, U.S. foreign policy, and U.S.-Russian relations in the 1990s.
Selected Publications: Russia’s Unfinished Revolution: Political Change from Gorbachev to Putin (Cornell, 2001); Russia’s 1996 Presidential Election: The End of Polarized Politics,(Hoover Institution Press, 1997); Privatization, Conversion and Enterprise Reform in Russia, with Tova Perlmutter (Westview Press, 1994)
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· June 25, 2014
U.S.-Russia Relations With Michael McFaul and William J. Burns
May 10, 2018
As U.S. ambassador to Russia from 2012 to 2014, Michael McFaul had a front-row seat as the relationship began to unravel in the wake of Vladimir Putin’s return to the presidency six years ago. What went wrong? Could today’s tensions have been avoided?
Security, Prosperity, and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa
September 7, 2017
The critical links between governance, prosperity, and security, while apparent, are too often forgotten.
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- Elliott Abrams,
- Farea Al-Muslimi,
- Lisa Blaydes,
- William J. Burns,
- Sarah Chayes,
- Olfa Soukri Cherif,
- Larry Diamond,
- Michele Dunne,
- Samia Errazzouki,
- Francis Fukuyama,
- Amr Hamzawy,
- Mudar Kassis,
- Jamal Khashoggi,
- Michael McFaul,
- Nancy Okail,
- Jake Sullivan
Ghosts of the Arab Spring
Supporting Arab autocrats may produce some short-term gains, but at the price of long-term disaster.
Russia, Ukraine, and the West: Is Confrontation Inevitable?
Ukraine is the most important strategic issue for Russia, and Putin, who mistrusts the West, worries that NATO enlargement may concern Ukraine.
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- Chrystia Freeland,
- Michael McFaul,
- John Mearsheimer,
- Dmitri Trenin,
- Roger Cohen
Chatham House
Sustaining the Momentum of the Reset
December 7, 2010
A critical component of the reset in U.S.-Russian relations, the Bilateral Presidential Commission facilitates engagement among government, business, and civil society actors on topics ranging from nuclear energy to public health.
Russia's Relations with the World: The Aftermath of the Georgian Conflict, New Vision Conference Session 2
October 2, 2008
Experts discussed how the West can move forward with its relationship with Russia in the aftermath of the Georgian conflict.
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- Michael McFaul,
- Dmitri Trenin,
- Bobo Lo,
- Philip Stevens
Post-Bush America and the World: Can the Gap be Closed?
October 2, 2008
Expectations are running high for major changes in the next U.S. administration's foreign policy, but how much change is likely, and will it be enough to close the gap between America and the world? Top experts from the Carnegie Endowment and elsewhere discussed this question during a two-day conference in Brussels.
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- Emma Bonino,
- Elmar Brok,
- Tom Burke,
- Robert Cooper,
- Michael Cox,
- Gregory Craig,
- Peter David,
- Thérèse Delpech,
- Kemal Dervis,
- Robert Kagan,
- Bobo Lo,
- Tony Long,
- Jessica Tuchman Mathews,
- Michael McFaul,
- Douglas H. Paal,
- George Perkovich,
- David Rennie,
- Gianni Riotta,
- Karim Sadjadpour,
- Phillip Stephens,
- Paul Taylor,
- Ashley J. Tellis,
- Laurence Tubiana,
- Dmitri Trenin,
- Freddy Van den Spiegel,
- Pawel Zalewski
U.S.-Russia Relations in the Aftermath of the Georgia Crisis
In the wake of the Russia-Georgia conflict, the United States should pursue a comprehensive 12 step strategy towards its relations with Russia. Although this strategy would focus on protecting American national interests, it does not exclude directly speaking with the Russians. Consequently, it stresses that cooperation on certain issues and successful diplomacy are essential for the two nations.
U.S.-Poland Missile Deal Irks Russia
In the midst of the Russia-Georgia conflict, Poland has agreed to host part of a U.S. missile defense system. For Russia, this move indicated that the missiles were aimed against Russia rather than Iran as the U.S. has been alleging. This agreement may lead to further deterioration of U.S.-Russia relations, as well as, cause challenges for the Poland-Russia relationship.
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