Stephen Sestanovich

Stephen Sestanovich is a professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. From 1997 to 2001 he was U.S. ambassador-at-large for the former Soviet Union.

Articles by Stephen Sestanovich
Vladimir Putin is seen on a screen set at Red Square as he addresses a rally and a concert marking the annexation of four regions of Ukraine Russian troops occupy - Lugansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, in central Moscow on September 30, 2022.
Vladimir Putin is seen on a screen set at Red Square as he addresses a rally and a concert marking the annexation of four regions of Ukraine Russian troops occupy - Lugansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, in central Moscow on September 30, 2022.

It’s Time to Debunk Putin’s Existential Fallacy
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Stephen Sestanovich
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STF/AFP/Getty Images

Of Myths and Missiles
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ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images

Cheer Up, Little Dima
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Stephen Sestanovich

Ask Not What Europe Can Do for You
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Stephen Sestanovich

Ask Not What Europe Can Do for You
Argument
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