Eugene M. Fishel is a 30-year veteran of the U.S. Department of State, where he has focused on the post-Soviet region. He has also served as Director for Russian, Ukrainian, and Eurasian Affairs at the National Security Council; as Special Advisor to the Vice President (National Security Affairs); and as Assistant National Intelligence Officer for Russia and Eurasia at the National Intelligence Council.
Outstanding…An important corrective to those works that emphasize U.S.-Russia relations above other relationships in the region. Anyone who has ever used ‘Russia’ and the ‘Soviet Union’ as interchangeable terms will check themselves before doing so again…The Russia focus has led us to shortchange others, and Fishel has highlighted well the great costs of doing so. -- James Goldgeier * Russian Review *