Wednesday, October 17, 2007
4:00 AM
Annenberg Auditorium, 1120 Weill Hall, 735 S. State St.
This public lecture will be given by
Ambassador James F. Collins, U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation from 1997 to 2001, and senior associate and director, Russian and Eurasian Program, and diplomat in residence, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Co-sponsored by the International Policy Center and Center for Russian and East European Studies.
Ambassador James F. Collins, senior associate and director, Russian and Eurasian Program, and diplomat in residence, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Ambassador Collins is an expert on Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Before joining the Carnegie Endowment in 2007, he served as senior adviser at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., a public law firm and policy practice group. James Collins was the U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation from 1997 to 2001. He served as Ambassador-at-Large and special advisor to the Secretary of State for the New Independent States in the mid 1990s and as deputy chief of mission and charge d'affaires at the American Embassy. He also held positions in the American Embassy in Amman, Jordan and the Consulate General in Turkey.
Ambassador James F. Collins, senior associate and director, Russian and Eurasian Program, and diplomat in residence, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Ambassador Collins is an expert on Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Before joining the Carnegie Endowment in 2007, he served as senior adviser at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., a public law firm and policy practice group. James Collins was the U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation from 1997 to 2001. He served as Ambassador-at-Large and special advisor to the Secretary of State for the New Independent States in the mid 1990s and as deputy chief of mission and charge d'affaires at the American Embassy. He also held positions in the American Embassy in Amman, Jordan and the Consulate General in Turkey.
