U.S.-Russia Relations: Present Realities - Future Prospects

Ambassador James F. Collins, Senior Associate and Director, Russian and Eurasian Program; Diplomat in Residence at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Ambassador Collins is an expert on Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Before joining the Carnegie Endowment in 2007, he served as Senior Adviser at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., a public law firm and policy practice group. James Collins was the U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation from 1997 to 2001. He served as Ambassador-at-Large and Special Advisor to the Secretary of State for the New Independent States in the mid 1990s and as deputy chief of mission and charge d'affaires at the American Embassy. He also held positions in the American Embassy in Amman, Jordan and the Consulate General in Turkey.

Co-sponsored with the International Policy Center and the Center for Russian and East European Studies.

Reception to follow. Free and open to the public.