PhD, Harvard. 1999-2001, Policy Planning Staff, Russian and Central European affairs, US Department of State; 2004-06, National Intelligence Officer, Russia and Eurasia, National Intelligence Council. Senior Non-Resident Fellow, Brookings Institution. Teacher, Holy Cross College, MIT and Foreign Service Institute, US State Department. Member of the Advisory Board, Women in International Security. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Member of the Editorial Board: World Policy Journal; Journal of Cold War Studies, Internationale Politik. Author of numerous publications. Expertise: Soviet and post-Soviet foreign policy, focusing on US, Europe and Russian-German relationship.