S. Fred Starr
Topic:
S. Frederick Starr
Chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute; Research Professor
Expertise by Geographic Area:
Afghanistan; Central Asia and The Caucasus; RUSSIA AND THE FORMER SOVIET UNION
Expertise by Issue:
Developing Nations; Energy Issues; Islamic Religion, Culture and Law; Oil Politics
Background and Education:
Founding chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute; began work in the Turkic world as an archaeologist in Turkey and went on to found the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies, which opened U.S. research contact with Central Asia; served as vice president of Tulane University and president of Oberlin College and the Aspen Institute; has advised three U.S. presidents on Russian/Eurasian affairs and chaired external advisory panel on U.S. government-sponsored research on the region; organized and co-authored first comprehensive strategic assessment of Central Asia, the Caucasus and Afghanistan for the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1999 and has followed up by close involvement in drafting of recent U.S. legislation affecting the region; Ph.D., history, Princeton University
Languages:
Russian