Stephen Sestanovich

Stephen R. Sestanovich 's bio in the CSIS website:
 * joined CSIS in 1987 as director of the East European studies program. Dr. Sestanovich was sworn in as ambassador at large and special adviser to the secretary of state for the Newly Independent States (NIS) on September 19, 1997. Earlier, he served on the national security council as director of policy development (1984-1987). He has also been a member of the State Department's policy planning staff, worked as senior legislative assistant for foreign policy to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and taught Soviet politics and international relations at Columbia University and the New School for Social Research. As CSIS director of Soviet studies, he administered SOVSET', a pioneering global computer network on Soviet affairs. Dr. Sestanovich earned his Ph.D. at Harvard University.

Affiliations

 * Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) – Senior Research Staff
 * Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) – director of the East European studies program
 * NCSJ – Advocates on behalf of Jews in Russia, Ukraine, the Baltic States, and Eurasia.
 * Columbia University
 * Project for the New American Century – signatory to some of their statements, e.g.,

Recent Publications

 * Stephen R. Sestanovich, Ukraine's Democratic Strengths, The Washington Post, November 19, 2004. (republished by CFR)
 * Sestanovich interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman To Resolve Ukrainian Standoff, 'Something Is Going to Have to Give', CFR Interview, November 29, 2004.
 * Stephen R. Sestanovich, Putin's Double Standards, The Washington Post, October 17, 2004. (republished by CFR)
 * Stephen R. Sestanovich, "Not Much Kinder and Gentler", New York Times, February 3, 2005.