CERES News

What is your personal connection to CERES? I graduated in May 1991 from what was then the Russian Area Studies Program (RASP) –…

Daniel Breslow (SFS ‘22) is a Strategy Analyst at Deloitte Consulting, where he supports organizational transformation within a federal executive department. He graduated with a major concentration…

You can watch Jill Dougherty’s latest Russia Brief: “Russia & China – Best Friends?” In this month’s Russia Brief, Jill Dougherty discusses the Russia/China relationship with Robert Daly, Director…

You can watch Jill Dougherty’s online discussion with former U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Beyrle on our latest Russia Brief: “When Things Fall Apart: Can U.S./Russia…

Maia Nikoladze is a GeoEconomics Center assistant director at Atlantic Council. In this capacity, she contributes to the center’s research on the convergence of foreign policy and economics, visualizes…

Michelle graduated from Wellesley College, majoring in Russian Area Studies and Peace and Justice Studies (with a concentration in translation and multilingualism) in 2019. There, she took advantage of the…

CERES is excited to introduce to you our new Adjunct Professor, Jaclyn Kerr! Dr. Jaclyn A. Kerr is the Senior Research Fellow for Defense and…

Sydnee Wilke is originally from North Carolina. She graduated from the Ohio State University in 2020 with a BA in International Studies and Russian. Throughout…

CERES is excited to introduce our new postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Maria Snegovaya! Maria Snegovaya (PhD, Columbia University) is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service…

CERES is excited to introduce our new Chair of Romanian Studies, Diana Dumitru! Diana Dumitru’s field of research includes the Holocaust in Eastern Europe, nationalism, and Jews under…

Here are the changes to our operating hours for CERES for Summer 2022: Monday, Friday: Closed. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 9am to 5pm (*with occasional closure over lunchtime). We’ve had an…

Professor Jeff Mankoff published an article in World Politics Review: Central Asia Is Keeping a Nervous Eye on Russia’s War in Ukraine.

Professor Jeff Mankoff published a report with CSIS: Russia’s War in Ukraine: Identity, History, and Conflict.

Professor Gustafson was quoted in Forbes article: Russian Billionaire Alekperov Resigns As Lukoil CEO Amid Sanctions Over Ukraine.

CERES introduces you to our visiting researcher, Dr. Bartosz M. Rydlinski. He was a visiting scholar at CERES in 2014, and we welcome him back this spring! Dr. Rydlinski is…

Professor Jill Dougherty spoke in CNN Podcast Tug of War: Putin’s “Yes Men.”…

Professor Jeff Mankoff published a new book with Yale Press: Empires of Eurasia: How Imperial Legacies Shape International Security. Description: How the collapse of empires helps explain the efforts…

Professor Angela Stent spoke on Bloomberg as an expert about the U.S. issuing new sanctions on Russia: Georgetown’s Angela Stent New U.S. Sanctions on Russia.

Professor Thane Gustafson published an article in Fortune: Go east? Why China’s not going to save Russia’s energy exports anytime soon.

Jessica Meyerzon ’22 Let me introduce you to our second-year student, Jessica Meyerzon (’22). She is originally from Seattle, Washington. She graduated from Lewis and Clark College in…

Professor William Pomeranz was quoted in an article in USA Today: Atrocities near Kyiv fuel global outrage. Will it be a tipping point in the war?…

Professor Judy Twigg was quoted in an article in the Moscow Times: Big Pharma Grapples With Russia Boycott Push.

Professor Angela Stent was interviewed in an article in the New Yorker: What a Negotiated Solution in Ukraine Might Look Like.

Prof. Twigg was quoted in an article in the Washington Post: Ukraine invasion could spell end to Russian hopes for Sputnik vaccine.  …

Professor William Pomeranz was quoted in a USA Today article: Was it a gaffe? Biden prompts concern with Putin comment.