Jeffrey Mankoff
Jeffrey Mankoff is senior associate with the CSIS Russia and Eurasia Program. His areas of expertise include international security, Russian foreign policy, regional security in the Caucasus and Central Asia, ethnic conflict, and energy security. Before coming to CSIS, he served as an adviser on U.S.-Russia relations at the U.S. Department of State as a Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow. From 2008 to 2010, he was associate director of International Security Studies at Yale University and an adjunct fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is the author of Russian Foreign Policy: The Return of Great Power Politics (Rowman & Littlefield, 2011). His forthcoming book, Empires of Eurasia: How Imperial Legacies Shape International Security (Yale, 2020), examines the impact of the imperial past on Chinese, Iranian, Russian, and Turkish politics and foreign policy.
Dr. Mankoff has also taught courses on international security, Russia, and Central Asia at Columbia, George Washington, Georgetown, and Yale Universities, and held academic fellowships at Harvard, Moscow State, and Yale. He holds dual B.A.s in international studies and Russian from the University of Oklahoma and an M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. in diplomatic history from Yale.
A complete list of Jeffrey Mankoff's publications can be viewed here.
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AGENDAS AND NEW ALGORITHMS OF POLICIES IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS - 2023: USA
Jeffrey Mankoff in "Region" Research Center — June 1, 2023
None of the Big Players Is Inclined to Pick a Fight with Baku Right Now
Jeffrey Mankoff in "Region" Research Center — June 1, 2023
2 intensifying border wars show Putin is losing sway in his neighborhood while Russia struggles in Ukraine
Jeffrey Mankoff in Business Insider — October 24, 2022
Russia’s Latest Move Toward ‘De-Dollarization’ Seen as Symbolic
Jeffrey Mankoff in Voice of America — August 30, 2022
FLASHPOINT UKRAINE: US adds supports for Ukraine - April 28, 2022
Jeffrey Mankoff in Voice of America — April 28, 2022
Empires of Eurasia: How Imperial Legacies Shape International Security
Jeffrey Mankoff in Yale University Press — April 19, 2022
"Russia's goal is the prestige and recognition of the West." What explains the increased diplomatic activity of Putin
Jeffrey Mankoff in BBC News — February 4, 2022
Turkey Could Lose Big in the Russia-Ukraine Standoff
Jeffrey Mankoff in Foreign Policy — January 13, 2022
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Best of Enemies: The Russia-Turkey Confrontation beyond Syria
Commentary by Jeffrey Mankoff — January 6, 2016