Conférence de Mme Céleste Wallander – 8 novembre à 18h – Espace Deleuze – Salle des thèses
L’Institut Français de Géopolitique et le Département de russe de l’université Paris Ouest la Défense ont le plaisir d’accueillir Mme Celeste Wallander, conseillère sur la Russie du président Obama entre 2013 et 2017. Celle-ci animera une conférence sur le thème “Les relations américano-russes: état des lieux et perspectives“, le jeudi 8 novembre à 18h à l’Université Paris 8 Saint-Denis, Espace Deleuze – Salle des thèses. Mme Wallander s’exprimera en anglais sans traduction sur le sujet
Celeste Wallander is President and CEO of the U.S.-Russia Foundation. She served as Special Assistant to the President Obama and Senior Director for Russia/Eurasia on the National Security Council (2013-2017), as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia (2009 to July 2012), professor at American University (2009-2013), visiting professor at Georgetown University (2006-2008), Director for Russia/Eurasia at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (2001-2006), Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (2000- 2001), and professor of Government at Harvard (1989-2000).
She is the author of over 80 publications on European and Eurasian security issues, focused on Russian foreign and defense strategy. She received her Ph.D. (1990), M.Phil. (1986) and M.A. (1985) degrees from Yale University, and her B.A. (1983 – summa cum laude) from Northwestern University.
She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Atlantic Council of the United States, and the International Institute for Strategic Studies.