*This event has been canceled.*
On March 25, the Clements Center for National Security and the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies will host Celeste Wallander, president and CEO of the U.S.-Russia Foundation, for a talk on "The U.S., Russia, and Foreign Policy in an Era of Global Change" at The University of Texas at Austin.
Wallander served as special assistant to the president and senior director for Russia/Eurasia on the National Security Council (2013–17), as the deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia (2009 to July 2012), professor at American University (2009–13), visiting professor at Georgetown University (2006–08), director for Russia/Eurasia at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (2001–06), senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (2000–001), and professor of government at Harvard (1989–2000).
She is the author of over 80 publications on European and Eurasian security issues, focused on Russian foreign and defense strategy. She received her Ph.D. (1990), M.Phil. (1986) and M.A. (1985) degrees from Yale University, and her B.A. (1983, summa cum laude) from Northwestern University.
She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Atlantic Council of the United States, and the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
For more information contact Elizabeth Doughtie at elizabeth.doughtie@utexas.edu.