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Steven PiferSenior Adviser, Russia & Eurasia Program |
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Steven Pifer is a senior adviser with the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program. A retired Foreign Service officer, his more than 25 years with the State Department focused on U.S. relations with the former Soviet Union and Europe, as well as on arms control and security issues. His assignments included deputy assistant secretary of state in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs (2001–2004), where he had principal responsibility for policy toward Russia and Ukraine; ambassador to Ukraine (1998–2000), where he oversaw 500 American and Ukrainian staff conducting U.S.-Ukrainian relations and implementing $250 million per year in assistance programs; and special assistant to the president and National Security Council senior director for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia (1996–1997), where he advised the president, vice president, and national security adviser on policy toward the former Soviet Union. Ambassador Pifer also served at the U.S. embassies in Warsaw, Moscow, and London, as well as with the U.S. delegation to the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces negotiations in Geneva. He holds a B.A. in economics from Stanford University, where he later spent a year as a visiting scholar at Stanford’s Institute for International Studies. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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CSIS Publications by Steven Pifer
Critical Questions: Ukraine-Russia Tensions 03/04/2008
Ukraine (English Version) 02/26/2008
Ukraine (Ukrainian Version) 02/26/2008
Atlantic Outlook Vol. 1 No. 1 05/01/2007
Ukraine: Hardball Politics Plunge into Political Crisis 04/03/2007
Commentary: Ukraine Seeks its Way After the Rada Elections 07/26/2006
Commentary: Viktor's Choice - Who Will Form Ukraine's Parliamentary Majority? 04/06/2006
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Steven Pifer In the News
Steven Pifer, a CSIS senior adviser, was quoted by the Associated Press, "Poland's Tusk Indicates Talks on Track Over U.S. Missile Shield." 03/11/2008
Steven Pifer, a senior adviser with the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program, was quoted by the Washington Times, "Ukraine’s Gas Supply Reduced." 03/04/2008
Steven Pifer, a senior adviser with the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program, was quoted by the Associated Press, "Russia Cuts Gas to Ukraine." 03/04/2008
Steven Pifer, a senior adviser with the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program, was quoted by Agence France Press, "Nimitz Flyover Raises Cold War Questions." 02/18/2008
Steven Pifer, a senior adviser with the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program, was quoted by the Associated Press, "Kosovo Strains U.S.-Russian Ties." 02/18/2008
Steven Pifer, a senior adviser with the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program, had a commentary published by the International Herald Tribune, "It's Time for Ukraine to get Started." 01/24/2008
CSIS Senior Adviser Steven Pifer, was quoted by the Christian Science Monitor, "Obstacles Ahead for Missile Defense." 07/09/2007
Andrew Kuchins, CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program director, and CSIS Senior Adviser Stephen Pifer, and CSIS Counselor and Trustee Zbigniew Brzezinski were quoted by Bloomberg, "Bush, Putin Start `Casual' Talks at Seaside Retreat." 07/01/2007
Andrew Kuchins, director of the Russia and Eurasia Program at CSIS, Senior Adviser Steven Pifer, and Senior Fellow Sarah Mendelson were quoted by the Los Angeles Times, "Putin Paying Bush a Quiet Visit." 07/01/2007
CSIS Senior Adviser Steven Pifer was quoted in The Washington Post, "Trying to Revive Bond with a Bolder Putin" 07/01/2007
Andrew Kuchins, director of the Russia and Eurasia Program at CSIS, and Steven Pifer, a senior adviser, were quoted in the Associated Press, "Bush, Putin's Summertime Meeting Offers a Welcome Break For a Strained Friendship." 06/29/2007
CSIS Senior Adviser Steven Pifer was interviewed on CNBC, "The New Cold War?" 06/04/2007
CSIS Senior Adviser Steven Pifer was quoted by the Associated Press, "'Color' Revolutions in Limbo." 04/14/2007
CSIS Senior Adviser Steven Pifer was quoted by the Chicago Tribune, "Optimism Detected on Nuke Issue." 03/22/2007
Steven Pifer, a senior adviser at CSIS and former ambassador to the Ukraine, was quoted by the Associated Press, "U.S. Leaders to Seek Assurances on Ukraine Democracy During Yanukovych Visit." 12/04/2006
CSIS Senior Adviser Steven Pifer was quoted by the Los Angeles Times, "Resurgent Russia Is Unlikely to Heed U.S." 05/13/2006
CSIS Senior Fellow Steven Pifer was quoted in The Washington Post, "U.S. Warns Russia to Act More Like A Democracy." 05/05/2006
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Testimony by Steven Pifer
Ukraine and NATO at the Bucharest Summit 03/04/2008
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