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Celeste A. Wallander

Senior Associate (Non-resident), Russia and Eurasia Program

Associated Research Focus:

Global Health
Russia & Eurasia

Associated Programs:

Russia and Eurasia Program

Expertise:

Russian foreign and security policy; international relations in Eurasia; Russia and Europe; the relationship of economics and security in Russia and Eurasia
Celeste A. Wallander is a CSIS Senior Associate. Before joining CSIS, she was senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, D.C., and associate professor of government at Harvard University. She is the founder and executive director of the Program on New Approaches to Russian Security. Her recent projects include work on U.S.-Russian security cooperation, the history of Russia and globalization, HIV/AIDS in Russia and the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election. Among her books are Swords and Sustenance: The Economics of Security in Belarus and Ukraine (MIT, 2003), Mortal Friends, Best Enemies: German-Russian Cooperation after the Cold War (Cornell, 1999). She is currently writing Global Russia: Economics, Politics, and Security. She often testifies before Congress, inlcuding most recently on democratic transformation in Belarus. Wallander received her B.A. from Northwestern University summa cum laude and her Ph.D. from Yale University. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

CSIS Publications by Celeste A. Wallander


Ukraine (English Version) 02/26/2008
Ukraine (Ukrainian Version) 02/26/2008
Russia Watch 11/06/2007
Commentary: Democracy Advances in Ukraine 03/27/2006
Belarus BiWeekly News Digest: March 4-March 17, 2006 03/17/2006
Commentary: Candles, Denim, and the 16th of February 03/09/2006
Belarus BiWeekly News Digest: February 18-March 3, 2006 03/03/2006
Belarus BiWeekly News Digest: February 1-17, 2006 02/17/2006
Borderlands and the Value of Academic Research for Policy 01/01/2006
PONARS Policy Memo 389 - The Politics of Russian AIDS Policy 12/06/2005
PONARS Policy Memo 371 - Geopolitics and Neo-containment, as well as Common Security 12/01/2005
PONARS Working Paper 025 - Borderlands and the Value of Academic Research for Policy 12/01/2005
PONARS Policy Memo 366 - May 9th and Russia: Past, Present and Future 07/01/2005
Challenge and Opportunity: A U.S. Strategy on Ukraine 06/25/2005
Joint Declaration - Challenge and Opportunity 06/25/2005
Russia and HIV/AIDS 05/01/2005
Ukraine's Election: The Role of One International NGO 03/01/2005
PONARS Policy Memo 352 - Helping Russia Cope with AIDS 02/04/2005
PONARS Policy Memo 361 - What President Bush Should Say to President Putin in Bratislava 02/01/2005
Swords and Sustenance 02/01/2004
PONARS Policy Memo 248 - Russia's Interest in Trading with the "Axis of Evil" 10/01/2002
Russia’s HIV/AIDS Crisis: Confronting the Present and Facing the Future 09/01/2002
PONARS Policy Memo 214 - Russia’s Relationship with China After September 11 01/01/2002
PONARS Policy Memo 219 - The Russia Russia-NATO Relationship: Is It Worth Another Try? 01/01/2002
PONARS Policy Memo 207 - Security Cooperation, Russia, and NATO 11/01/2001
PONARS Policy Memo 187- An Overview of Bush Administration Policy and Priorities on Russia 03/01/2001
PONARS Policy Memo 185 - Securitizing Russia's Debt 01/01/2001
PONARS Policy Memo 127 - Repairing Relations with Russia Through NATO 04/01/2000
PONARS Policy Memo 134 - Russian Policy and the Potential for Agreement on Revising the ABM Treaty 04/01/2000
PONARS Policy Memo 111 - The Dynamics of US-Russian Relations: A Critical Perspective 03/01/2000
PONARS Policy Memo 102 - Russian National Security Policy in 2000 01/01/2000
PONARS Policy Memo 070 - Russian-US Relations in the Post Post-Cold War World 10/01/1999
PONARS Policy Memo 062 - Russian Views on Kosovo: Synopsis of May 6 Panel Discussion 05/01/1999
PONARS Policy Memo 048 - International Institutions and Russian Security Cooperation 11/01/1998
PONARS Policy Memo 030 - The Russian National Security Concept: A Liberal-Statist Synthesis 06/01/1998
PONARS Policy Memo 001 - The Economization, Rationalization, and Normalization of Russian Foreign Policy 08/01/1997

Celeste A. Wallander In the News


CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program Director Celeste Wallander was interviewed by CNN's Kitty Pilgrim for Lou Dobbs Tonight, on the Iranian nuclear challenge and Russia's role with regard to it. 04/25/2006
CSIS Russia and Eurasia program director Celeste Wallander was quoted in a column by John Hall of Media General News Service, "A fair election in a key country." 04/03/2006
CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program Director Celeste Wallander was quoted by the New York Times, "U.S. and Europe Plan Sanctions Against Belarus." 03/25/2006
CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program Director Celeste Wallander was quoted by the Washington Post, "Russians Helped Iraq, Study Says." 03/25/2006
Celeste Wallander, senior fellow and director of the Russia and Eurasia Program, was interviewed March 24 by Nezavisimaya Gazeta. 03/24/2006
Celeste Wallander, senior fellow and director of CSIS's Russia and Eurasia Program, was quoted by Bloomberg News, "Bush's Priorities for Russia Stress Iran Above Democracy Push." 03/08/2006
CSIS Russia and Eurasia program director Celeste Wallander published an Op-Ed in the Los Angeles Times, "In Belarus, fear and hope collide." 03/05/2006
Celeste Wallander, director of CSIS's Russia and Eurasia Program, was interviewed by CNN's Kitty Pilgrim for "Lou Dobbs Tonight," about Russian President Putin and U.S. foreign policy. 02/10/2006
CSIS Russia Eurasia program director Celeste Wallander published an Op-Ed in the International Herald Tribune, "How not to convert gas to power." 01/06/2006
CSIS Rusia and Eurasia program director Celeste Wallander was interviewed by National Public Radio's Morning Edition, "Russia resumes flow of gas to Europe." 01/03/2006
Celeste Wallander and Jon Wolfsthal in The Moscow Times, "Nukes Giving Old Rivals a Rough Ride." 10/26/2005

Testimony by Celeste A. Wallander


Belarus: A Crucial Step for a Transformational U.S. Foreign Policy Strategy 03/09/2006
The Challenge of Russia For U.S. Policy 06/21/2005
The Challenge of Russia For U.S. Policy 06/21/2005
The Challenge of Russia For U.S. Policy (Written Statement) 06/21/2005
Russia - U.S. Relations and Emerging Threats to National Security 03/09/2005
Russian Foreign Policy: The Implications of Pragmatism for U.S. Policy 02/27/2002
Russia's Foreign Policy Objectives and Opportunities 11/15/2001
 

 

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