Stephen Sestanovich
Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of International Affairs

Stephen Sestanovich, a distinguished scholar of Russia and the former Soviet republics, also has experience in policymaking at the highest level of the U.S. government. He served as ambassador-at-large and special adviser to the secretary of state for the newly independent states (NIS) and as the U.S. government's principle spokesperson on policy toward the region during a turbulent period in U.S.–Russian relations.