Jeffrey Mankoff

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

Jeffrey Mankoff is a distinguished fellow at the National Defense University’s Institute for National Strategic Studies and a nonresident senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). His research focuses on Russian foreign policy, Eurasian geopolitics, and the role of history and memory in international relations. He is the author of the books Empires of Eurasia: How Imperial Legacies Shape International Security (Yale, 2022) and Russian Foreign Policy: The Return of Great Power Politics (Rowman & Littlefield, 2009, 2012). He also writes frequently for Foreign Affairs, War on the Rocks, and other outlets. He was previously a senior fellow with the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program at CSIS and served as an adviser on U.S.-Russia relations at the U.S. Department of State. Dr. Mankoff received undergraduate degrees in international studies and Russian from the University of Oklahoma and an MA, MPhil, and PhD in diplomatic history from Yale University. He also studied at Moscow State Linguistic University, Lomonosov Moscow State University, and KIMEP University (Kazakhstan).

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Managing the Long-Term Russian Threat to Europe

The war in Ukraine and changing transatlantic relations are shifting the risk matrix facing Europe. In response, NATO needs to manage the transition to European-led defense, minimizing gaps while communicating strength, resolve, and unity to Moscow.

Report by Jeffrey Mankoff — July 9, 2026

Strategic Ambiguity: Erdoğan’s Turkey in a Multipolar World

Turkey’s push for strategic autonomy sees it balancing NATO ties, courting Russia and China, and asserting regional influence, showing how Erdoğan’s Turkey both shapes and is shaped by a rising multipolar world.

Brief by Jeffrey Mankoff and Max Bergmann — December 2, 2025

A Long-Term Russia Strategy for Europe

No matter the outcome in Ukraine, Russia will remain a strategic threat to Europe and European interests. A European containment strategy reworked for the particularities of the present can help Europe unify around a common approach to Russia.

Report by CSIS Scholars — July 24, 2025

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A New Strategy for Containing Russia

Max and Maria were recently joined by Michael Kimmage and Jeffrey Mankoff for a live event in the CSIS broadcast studio to discuss the team's recent work outlining a new European strategy for containing Russia.

Podcast Episode by Max Bergmann, Maria Snegovaya, Jeffrey Mankoff, and Michael Kimmage — February 21, 2025

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Prisoner of the Caucasus?

It is time for Washington, in tandem with its allies, to develop a more realistic, forward-looking approach to the South Caucasus, a region that now faces internal upheaval and its neighbors' mounting ambitions.

Report by Jeffrey Mankoff — December 17, 2024

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Prigozhin's Uprising

Max and Maria sat down with Jeffrey Mankoff and Catrina Doxsee to discuss how Yevgeny Prigozhin marched his troops towards Moscow in a direct challenge to the Russian leadership.

Podcast Episode by Max Bergmann, Maria Snegovaya, Jeffrey Mankoff, and Catrina Doxsee — June 27, 2023

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Prigozhin's Uprising

Please join us for a special event on the dramatic events that took place in Russia over the weekend.

Event — June 26, 2023