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Adjunct Fellow for Russia Studies
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Phone: +1.203.432.6248
E-mail: jmankoff@cfr.org
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New Haven, CT
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Associate director of International Security Studies, Yale University. Author of Russian Foreign Policy: The Return of Great Power Politics (Rowman & Littlefield, March 2009).
Expertise:Russian foreign policy; U.S.-Russian relations; European diplomatic and military history; nationalism and ethnic conflict.
Experience:John M. Olin National Security Fellow, Harvard University (2006-07); Intern at Carnegie Moscow Center (2005), U.S. Embassy Moscow (2000), and U.S. Department of State Office of Western Slavic and Moldovan Affairs (1999).
Languages:Russian (fluent); French; German (familiar); Polish; Turkish (basic).
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Selected Publications:“Russia’s Revival,” in Routledge Companion to Security Studies (under contract; London: Routledge, 2008); “Russia and the West: Taking the Longer View,” The Washington Quarterly, Spring 2007; “Russian Foreign Policy in the Putin Era,” Yale University International Security Studies Working Papers, January 2007; “Russia’s Weak State and Weak Society: The Role of Political Parties.” Problems of Post-Communism. Jan/Feb 2003.
Current Research Projects
November 4, 2009
Academic Module
This academic module features teaching notes by Jeffrey Mankoff, author of the Council Special Report Eurasian Energy Security, along with additional resources to supplement the text. In this report, Dr. Mankoff examines Russia's rise as an energy power and suggests that Europe can increase its energy security by working with--not against--Russia going forward.
September 12, 2009
Op-Ed
Huffington Post
Jeffrey Mankoff argues that the United States should find ways to solve the Iranian nuclear problem without Russia.
See more in Russian Fed., Iran, Proliferation, U.S. Strategy and Politics
August 20, 2009
Academic Module
These teaching notes, by author and CFR Adjunct Fellow Jeffrey Mankoff, feature discussion questions and additional projects for educators to supplement the CFR Book Russian Foreign Policy. In this book, Dr. Mankoff analyzes Russia’s interactions with major global actors and concludes that today’s Russia is more interested in restoring what its leaders consider to be its rightful place among the world’s major powers rather than in directly challenging the West.
June 8, 2009
Op-Ed
Foreign Policy
Jeffrey Mankoff argues, the United States cannot win in Afghanistan while ignoring Central Asia.
See more in Central Asia, Afghanistan, Terrorism, U.S. Strategy and Politics
May 28, 2009
Video
Watch Jeffrey Mankoff, adjunct fellow for Russia studies at CFR, discuss his new book, Russian Foreign Policy: The Return of Great Power Politics.
See more in Russian Fed., Foreign Policy History
May 28, 2009
Audio
Listen to Jeffrey Mankoff, adjunct fellow for Russia studies at CFR, discuss his new book, Russian Foreign Policy: The Return of Great Power Politics.
See more in Russian Fed., Foreign Policy History
May 6, 2009
Op-Ed
Atlantic-Community.org
Jeffrey Mankoff argues that "the success of attempts to build a strategic partnership will largely rest with Russia."
See more in United States, Russian Fed., U.S. Strategy and Politics
May 5, 2009
Academic Module
These teaching notes, by author and CFR Adjunct Fellow Jeffrey Mankoff, feature discussion questions and additional projects for educators to supplement the Council Special Report Eurasian Energy Security. In this report, Dr. Mankoff examines the role of Russia and the post-Soviet states of the Caspian Basin as suppliers of energy to European consumers and discusses strategies for Europe to manage its oil dependence.
March 25, 2009, Washington DC
Transcript
This is a Council on Foreign Relations media call on the upcoming NATO 60th anniversary Summit. The meetings on April 3rd and 4th come right after the Group of 20 summit in London on the global financial crisis and that could suck some of the oxygen from the summitry in Strasburg and Kehl, but at the same time there are existential questions building for the alliance -- in particular, what is its role going to be in Afghanistan?
See more in Europe/Russia, NATO
March 26, 2009
Audio
Listen to CFR experts Charles A. Kupchan and Jeffrey Mankoff discuss the April 3 NATO summit and its significance for the United States' relationship with Russia and the European Union.
See more in Europe/Russia, NATO, International Organizations
March 25, 2009
Op-Ed
Huffington Post
Jeffrey Mankoff argues that President Obama's meeting with Dmitry Medvedev during the G-20 summit offers an opportunity for Washington to "recalibrate" its policy toward Russia.
See more in Russian Fed., U.S. Strategy and Politics
March 2009
Book
This thoughtful and balanced text examines the development of Russian foreign policy since the end of the Cold War. Presenting an even-handed treatment of controversial issues, Jeffrey Mankoff analyzes Russia’s interactions with major global actors and convincingly demonstrates that today’s Russia is more interested in restoring what its leaders consider to be its rightful place among the world’s major powers than in directly challenging the West.
See more in Russian Fed.
February 18, 2009
Expert Brief
The Kremlin and the Obama administration have signaled a desire to work toward a more cooperative U.S.-Russia relationship. But CFR Fellow Jeffrey Mankoff says Russian sensitivity over its "near abroad" will continue to threaten progress.
See more in Russian Fed., Grand Strategy
February 2009
Council Special Report No. 43
Council Special Report
This report looks at Russia’s rise as an energy power, analyzing its control of supplies and delivery systems and its investments in energy infrastructure across Europe, as well as questions about the potential of its production, recognizing that European dependence on Russian energy will be a reality well into the future and that Europe can increase its energy security only by working with—not against—Russia.
See more in Caspian Sea Region, Central Asia, Europe/Russia, Central/Eastern Europe, Energy Security
January 9, 2009
Interview
Jeffrey Mankoff, an expert on Russia, says the dispute that led Russia to cut off natural gas to Ukraine has its origins in differences over pricing as well as Ukraine's interest in closer ties with the West.
See more in Russian Fed., Ukraine, U.S. Strategy and Politics
July/August 2008
Op-Ed
Problems of Post-Communism
Although the United States can expect some continuity in Russia’s transition from Vladimir Putin to Dmitri Medvedev, there are uncertainties about factors beyond the new president, that deserve a closer look, writes Jeffrey Mankoff. These include, the ideological preferences of the country’s elites, the interests of important bureaucratic decision-makers, and the ease (or lack thereof) with which Medvedev asserts his authority over these competing factions.
See more in Russian Fed., U.S. Strategy and Politics
March 4, 2008
Op-Ed
The Boston Globe
Jeffrey Mankoff argues that “Medvedev’s victory provides an opportunity to turn the page on a difficult chapter in relations between Russia and the United States.”
See more in Russian Fed., Elections, Sovereignty, Diplomacy
Explore the international finance regime with a new interactive from CFR's program on International Institutions and Global Governance.
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For more than a decade, the United States has mostly watched from the sidelines as Asian countries organize themselves into an alphabet soup of new multilateral groups. In this report, the authors review the relationship between pan-Asian and trans-Pacific institutions and suggest policy guidelines for a new U.S. approach to this new Asian landscape.
Complete list of Council Special Reports
Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion-dollar question: How is it that Israel—a country of 7.1 million, only sixty years old, surrounded by enemies— produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada, and the UK? With the insights of geopolitical experts and investors, the authors examine this nation’s adversity-driven culture to answer this question and offer prescriptions for a global economy on the rebound.
In Forces of Fortune, Vali Nasr presents a paradigm-changing revelation that will transform the understanding of the Muslim world at large. He reveals that there is a vital but unseen rising force in the Islamic world—a new business-minded middle class—that is building a vibrant new Muslim world economy and that holds the key to winning the cold war against Iran and extremists.
In Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know, Julia E. Sweig presents a remarkably accessible portrait of Cuba's unique place on the world stage over the past fifty years, including its internal politics, its often fraught relationship with the United States, and its shifting relationship with the global community.
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