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Alexander Cooley

Cooley is an expert on international affairs and foreign policy. His research covers the political transformation of post-Soviet Eurasia and comparative semi-sovereign relations and client states. He visited Georgia in June as part of a Harriman Institute fact-finding trip.

Padma Desai

Desai is one of the world's top experts on Russian politics and economics. She published a highly acclaimed book Conversations on Russia: Reform from Yeltsin to Putin. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Kimberly Marten

An expert on Russian defense and foreign policy, Marten is a professor and chair of political science at Barnard College. Her latest book is Enforcing the Peace: Learning from the Imperial Past. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Jack Matlock

In addition to service as a U.S. ambassador to the former Soviet Union, Matlock is a career diplomat with decades of operational expertise working with the Russians. He is an adjunct professor of international affairs at Columbia's Harriman Institute and a former professor at Princeton.

Lincoln Mitchell

Serving as a Harriman Institute faculty member and a Professor of International Politics at the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, Mitchell specializes in Georgian politics. He visited the country in June on a fact-finding mission and is the author of the forthcoming book Uncertain Democracy: U.S. Foreign Policy and Georgia's Rose Revolution.

Cathy Nepomnyashchy

As director of the Harriman Institute and chair of Slavic studies at Barnard College, Nepomnyashchy was co-leader of the June fact-finding trip to Georgia. She is a member of Council on Foreign Relations.

David L. Phillips

A visiting scholar at Columbia's Center for the Study of Human Rights, Phillips specializes in transitional democracies. He is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council of the United States and was co-leader of the fact-finding mission to Georgia in June.

Jenik Radon

Radon is an assistant professor of international affairs and a member of the Harriman Institute faculty. His research interests and expertise include oil and gas (pipelines and energy security), international corporate responsibility (corruption and minority rights), and international negotiation. Radon's select country focus includes Estonia, Georgia, Germany, Mongolia and India.

Stephen Sestanovich

A professor of international affairs at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs, Sestanovich's research interests include the former Soviet Union, Russia and U.S. foreign policy. He is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and served as ambassador-at-large to the post-Soviet "newly independent states" during the Clinton administration.