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Leading Russia analystis, Jill Dougherty and Stephen Sestanovich will discuss the might behind Russia's muscle post Sochi and violence in Ukraine.
Moderated by Future of Diplomacy Project Faculty Director, Nicholas Burns, journalist and Russia expert, Jill Dougherty formerly Moscow Bureau Chief for CNN and Stephen Sestanovich George F. Kennan Senior Fellow for Russian and Eurasian Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations will discuss Russia's self-perception in international affairs, post-Sochi Olympics, its intentions for neighboring countries Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia and President Putin's foreign policy agenda.
This seminar is rescheduled in a now expanded form from early February, when it was cancelled due to a snowstorm. There will be a light breakfast available.
Jill Dougherty worked for CNN from 1983 until December 2013, most recently as foreign affairs correspondent based in Washington, D.C. She also served as White House correspondent, Moscow bureau chief, U.S. affairs editor for CNN International, managing editor for CNN International Asia Pacific and Midwest correspondent based in Chicago. Prior to CNN, Dougherty was correspondent for WMAQ-TV in Chicago and has done freelance assignments for NPR and Time magazine. She began her career as a broadcaster and writer for Voice of America, USSR division. While at the Shorenstein Center, she will be writing a paper on the relationship between the Russian government and the media.
Stephen Sestanovich is the George F. Kennan senior fellow for Russian and Eurasian studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis professor of international diplomacy at Columbia University. His particular areas of expertise are Russia and the former Soviet Union, Caucasus and Central Asia, and U.S. foreign policy. From 1997 to 2001, he served as U.S. ambassador-at-large for the former Soviet Union. In this capacity, he was the State Department's principal officer responsible for policy toward Russia and the other states of the former Soviet Union. Prior to joining the State Department, Ambassador Sestanovich worked at two of Washington's leading public policy research organizations. From 1994 to 1997, he was vice president for Russian and Eurasian affairs at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. From 1987 to 1994, he was director of Soviet and East European studies (later Russian and Eurasian studies) at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.