Category: Event Recap, News

Title: Midnight in Moscow: A Memoir from the Front Lines of Russia’s War Against the West

On the left, Ambassador John J. Sullivan discusses his book. Jill Dougherty moderates the discussion on the right.Ambassador John J. Sullivan joined CERES in Riggs Library at Georgetown University on October 10th for a book talk featuring his recent memoir Midnight in Moscow: A Memoir from the Front Lines of Russia’s War Against the West. Jill Dougherty, former CNN Moscow Bureau Chief and CERES adjunct professor, moderated the discussion. In his book, Sullivan recounts his experience as the Ambassador of the US to the Russian Federation during the Covid-19 pandemic and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

During this discussion, Ambassador Sullivan provided his insights, not only regarding the last few years, but the current state of US-Russia relations, national security and the future.

About the Author:

Ambassador John J. Sullivan, former US Deputy Secretary of State and former US Ambassador to the Russian Federation, is a Distinguished Fellow at the School of Foreign Service of Georgetown University. He is also a partner in the Washington, DC and New York offices of Mayer Brown LLP, a global law firm, and co-lead of the firm’s National Security practice. Ambassador Sullivan’s career spans four decades in public service in prominent diplomatic and legal positions under five US presidents and in private law practice. Most recently, from December 2019 to October 2022, he was the US Ambassador to Russia.

The Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies (CERES) would like to thank the Carnegie Corporation of New York for generous support of our programming.